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Gershom Wildsmith was
awarded the Military Medal in March 1918 The reverse of the medal states ~ "For bravery in the field" |
WILDSMITH G.
Gershom Wildsmith MM
Private 306454
8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.)
Gershom Wildsmith died on 17th October 1918, aged 29 years, and was buried in the VAUX-ANDIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France.
He was born c1889 at Sutton-in-Ashfield to parents Charles & Mary Ann Wildsmith. Charles Wildsmith was a Bricklayers Labourer who married Mary Ann Renshaw at St Mary's Church, Sutton in July 1875. They were both natives of Sutton-in-Ashfield.
His two younger brothers, William Wildsmith and Wilfrid Wildsmith, are remembered on Sutton's War Memorial.
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Gershom Wildsmith was
awarded the Military Medal in March 1918 The reverse of the medal states ~ "For bravery in the field" |
From 'British Gallantry Awards - the Sherwood Foresters', compiled by C. Housley
WILDSMITH Gersham: Private 306454: 1/8th Battalion: London Gazette 19.3.1918, For gallantry at Hairpin Craters in the St Elie Sector on 2.1.1918. (Killed in action 17.10.1918, in the Fresnoy-Le-Grand Area).
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood
Foresters’
WILDSMITH
Gershom. Enlisted Mansfield, Notts (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). 8th Bn.,
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private
306454, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 17th October 1918.
MM.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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