WILDSMITH W.

Wilfrid Wildsmith

Private 23598

15th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)

Wilfrid Wildsmith died on 28th March 1918, and is remembered on the POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

He was born c1897 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.

Wilfrid was the youngest brother of  William Wildsmith and of Gershom Wildsmith, who is listed amongst the missing names not included on the War Memorial.

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

WILDSMITH Alfred*. born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 23598 , Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 28^th March 1918.

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Research by Heather Faulkes
Although "Soldiers died" states first name as Alfred, both the memorial and www.cwgc.org shows the initial as "W".