SHELTON G. W.
George William Shelton
Private 23930
2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
George William Shelton died on Tuesday 17 July 1917, Age 35, and was buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
He was the husband of Sarah Elizabeth Shelton, of 41, Parliament Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
GEORGE WILLIAM SHELTON. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 23930 Died of wounds, France & Flanders 18th July 1917.
From "Lest we forget - the Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
G. W. Shelton, 41 Parliament St., Sutton. Enlisted 1-3-15. Pte., Sherwood Foresters. Actions: France. Killed in Action 17-7-17.
Research by Helen Wilson and Heather Faulkes
