BACK TO WWI NAMESBERRY S.
Samuel Berry
Private 305919
8th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Samuel Berry died on Monday 26 August 1918, Age 24, and was buried in the FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born c1893 at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, to parents Samuel and Sarah Berry. Samuel Berry was a Coal Miner, and a native of Arnold, who married Sarah Cook at St Mary, Sutton-in-Ashfield, in June 1893. The family moved back from Arnold to Sutton-in-Ashfield just before 1900, and later resided at 18 Forest Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Samuel was the elder brother of George Berry, who is also commemorated on the War Memorial. Samuel Berry was engaged to be married.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 13th September 1918
Berry - In Loving Memory of our dearly beloved Sons, Private Samuel Berry, of the 1/8th Sherwood Foresters, killed in Action, August 26th 1918, aged 23 years; Also Private George Berry, of the 7th Leicesters, killed in Action in the year 1915, aged 18 years. Dear Sons, not "Good-bye", but "Good-night", We shall all meet in the morning light - From loving Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters; also Sam's fiancee, Chrissie.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Berry, Private Samuel, Sherwood Foresters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
S. BERRY. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Newark, Notts. (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield) 1/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 305919, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 26th Aug 1918
Research by Helen Wilson and Heather Faulkes