Private John Robert De Roche

Army Number: 93840

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. Son of Charles Thomas and Christina De Roche, of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. He enlisted at Darlington and was killed in action, 19th June 1918, age 19, whilst serving in the line at Essarts, France.

Private John Robert De Roche
Photographs of Private John Robert De Roche kindly supplied by Olive (Rose De Roche) Taylor
Private De Roche front row centre kneeling
Private De Roche front row centre kneeling

Buried: Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France. Plot 3. Row E. Grave 12.

Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France.

Private John Robert De Roche is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Holy Trinity Church Book of Remembrance, Donnison School, Heritage and Education Centre, Church Walk, Sunderland.