DERRICOTT J. W. *
James William Dorricott
Private 11551
7th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
James William Dorricott died on 19th September 1916, aged 25 years, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was born c1891 at Stanton Hill, Skegby, to parents Richard Ernest & Hannah Dorricott. Richard Dorricott was a Coal Miner, and a native of Shropshire, who married Hannah Parbut in 1883. In 1916 the family were living at 30 Co-operative Street, Stanton Hill, Notts.
Notts Free Press, 24th November 1916
Notts Free Press, 19th October 1917
At the Stanton Hill Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday morning
a memorial service was held for four young men who have sacrificed their lives
at the war. (Privates W. J. Mountney, J. W. Dorricott, H. Smith and C. L. Vann),
all of whom were previously connected with the above place of worship. Evidence
was not wanting that the deceased soliders were held in high respect and that
much sympathy was felt for the bereaved families. In spite of the service being
held in the morning, the seating accommodation of the building was taxed almost
to the extreme, and the large assembly was augmented by the presence of the
Stanton Hill Brass Band under the conductorship of Bandmaster J. T. Parkes, and
a good representation of the local volunteers and officers. The service was
conducted by the Rev. M. H. Bainton (curcuit minister), Sutton, who delivered an
appropriate sermon on the 37th verse of the 10th chapter of St Matthew's Gospel.
Prior to making reference to the deceased soldiers, the preacher extended much
sympathy to the bereaved families in their great loss. These young men were not
only brave but good.
J. W. Dorricott, who was a quiet lad, enlisted but a short time after the
outbreak of war, and after being reported missing for eleven months it was
reported in August that he had laid down his life for his country.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Leicestershire Regiment’
DERRICOTT James William. Born Stanton Hill, Notts, enlisted Mansfield (resides Stanton Hill, Notts). 7th Bn., Leicestershire Regt. Private 11551, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 19th September 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
* www.cwgc.org and local newspaper have
Dorricott spelling.
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