SAVAGE J.


John Savage  D.C.M.

Private 8584

2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)


John Savage died on Sunday 16 May 1915, Age 32, and was buried at the STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY,
Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium .

 

John Savage was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal 

The reverse of the medal states ~

"For distinguished conduct in the field"

 

Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919

Savage, Private J., Sherwood Foresters.

 

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’

JOHN SAVAGE. Born Mansfield, Enlisted Mansfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts) 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 8584 Killed in Action France & Flanders 16th May 1915.

 

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Researched by Helen Wilson