Private John Daniel Crowston

Army Number: 203838 (formerly 84991 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment)

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born at Long Eaton, Derbyshire and lived at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. Son of Daniel and Mary, Crowston, of High Road, Old Chilwell. He was an iron moulder prior to enlisting, 10th December 1915, at Beeston, Nottinghamshire. He went to France on 30th July 1917 and was posted to the 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 18th August 1917. He was killed in action, 26th September 1917, aged 19, during the attack on the German positions near St. Julian, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private John Daniel Crowston is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire.
Christ Church War Memorial, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.
Chilwell Memorial Institute War Memorial, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.
Chilwell Institute Roll of Honour, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.