Private 7680 George Groom
Nuneaton WW1 Memorial
Nuneaton WW1 Memorial
Leicestershire Regiment
Leicestershire Regiment
Ploegsteert Memorial Inscription
Ploegsteert Memorial Inscription
Ploegsteert Memorial
Ploegsteert Memorial
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Killed in Action: First Battle of Ypres, France and Flanders, 23rd October 1914, aged 36
- Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 4
- Awarded: 1914 Star with Clasp, British War and Victory Medals
- Son of George and Mary Groom [nee Bason Mason] of Sharnford
- NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WW1 Other Regiments
Links to Relevant Information
1911 Census and Family History Information
- Born 6 Jul 1878 at Sharnford, Leics
- Lived at Sharnford [1881, 1891 & 1901]
- Lived in India with Regiment [1911]
- Employed as a Stone Quarryman [1901]
- Employed as a Regular Soldier [1905]
- Enlisted at 18 Apr 1905. Disembarked at Saint-Nazaire France on 9 Sep 1914
