MORLEY J.
John Morley
Private 23676
15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
John Morley died on Monday 17th July 1916, and is commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Notts Free Press - 15th October 1916
Private John Morley, 23676, 15th Sherwood Foresters, 4th Platoon W Company, whose home is 10 Cursham Street, Sutton, has been missing since July 1st, and naturally his relatives are very anxious. If this paragraph should meet the eye of a comrade who can give them any information they will be pleased to hear any news at the above address.
"Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
J. Morley, 10 Cursham Street, Sutton. Enlisted 1-3-15. Pte., Sherwood Foresters. Actions: Ypres, Somme, Neuve Chappelle. Killed in action 17-7-16.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
JOHN MORLEY. Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 23676, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 17th July 1916.
Researched by Heather Faulkes
