Private 7680 George GROOM

Private 7680 George Groom{gallery}Pte G Groom{/gallery}1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in the 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 WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Private Groom
Ploegsteert Memorial
Leicestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

Born 6 Jul 1878 at Sharnford, Leics
Lived at Sharnford [ 1901]
Stationed with the regiment in India [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