Private Joe Groom, 40454
- Batt - 6
- Unit - Northamptonshire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 28/9/1871
- Died - 22/11/1917
- Age - 46
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the husband of Mrs Mary Groom, his widow who was left with two children. Prior to enlistment he had been a gardener, and after enlisting he embarked for France on the 24th May 1917. He was killed by a shell near Langemarck in Belgium.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - Iv F 5, Artillery Wood Cemetery
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Northamptonshire Regiment
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Artillery Wood Cem., Boesinghe, Belgium
- Born - Stamford, Lincs
- Enlisted - 5/6/16 In Ketton, Rutland
- Place of Residence - High Street, Ketton, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. MARY THE VIRGIN CHYRD. MEM., KETTON, RUTLAND
