Private John Thomas Oakley

Army Number: 21073 (formerly 1935)

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Swallows Nest Yorkshire. Son of Mr Benjamin Oakley, of 19, Seymour Terrace, Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 16th November 1914 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He went to France on 18th August 1915 and was killed in action, on 16th September 1916, aged 33, during the attack on the German positions at Guillemont, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Private John Thomas Oakley article — Derbyshire Courier 7th October 1916

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private John Thomas Oakley is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Staveley War Memorial, Staveley, Derbyshire.
Woodthorpe War Memorial, Woodthorpe, Derbyshire.