Private Arthur Danby

Army Number: 1683

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

He was born in Nottingham son of Jane Danby, of 59, Canal Street, Nottingham. He lived at 4 Prospect Place, Canal Street, Nottingham. He was a hawker prior to enlisting into the Special Reserve on 14th June 1908 at Chilwell Camp, Chilwell, Nottingham. He went to France on 27th January 1915 and suffered gunshot wounds to his chest on 15th March 1915. He died of the wounds, 30th March 1915, age 28, at No 14 General Hospital, Wimereux, France.

Buried: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 20.

Private Arthur Danby is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
The Loggerheads Public House War Memorial at St. Mary’s Church, Lace Market Nottingham
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.