Guardsman Samuel Edward Fletcher
26691 4th Grenadier Guards
Died of Wounds 17th April 1918
Lived at 53 Parker Lane
Buried in Tourcoing (Pont Neuville) Communal Cemetery, France Grave D9
Burnley Express 8/6/1918
St Peters Memorial, Burnley

His family placed the following inscription on his grave “ So he passed over and all the trumpets sound for him on the other side”.

I have been searching for a picture of my Great grandfather...Samuel edwards fletcher who died in the great war..he was a Dentists Mechanic and joined the Grenadier Guards..he died of his wounds and is buried in France..I have never seen a picture of him and was scouring your photographs of the old burnley football clubs for a family likeness..I know he played football ..could you help me...Thanks Rex Fletcher