Private Archibald Orme

Army Number : 13601

Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Leicester and lived at Derby. Son of Henry and Emma Orme, of 15, Dover Street, Derby. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Orme, of 149, Parliament Street, Derby. He was employed in silk and braid manufacturing prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France 17th December 1914 and died of wounds, 8th October 1915, aged 31, at No. 26 Field Ambulance.

Buried : Sailly-Sur-La-Lys Canadian Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row E, Grave 103.

Sailly-Sur-La-Lys Canadian Cemetery, France.

Private Archibald Orme grave — Photograph of cemetery and grave kindly submitted by Jo Noble

Private Archibald Orme is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Luke’s Church War Memorial, Derby.