Second Lieutenant John Whitworth Corbett

Army Number: n/a (formerly Corporal 3022 5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion: 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Jarrow, County Durham. Son of Robert and Mary Corbett, of 7, Stratford Villas, Heaton, Newcastle-On-Tyne. He was a clerk prior to enlisting. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 12th January 1916. He was killed in action, 14th July 1917, aged 24, whilst the battalion was in the line at Chelers, France.

Buried: Croisilles British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 6.

Second Lieutenant John Whitworth Corbett is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St, Gabriel’s Church War Memorial, Heaton, Tyne and Wear.