Private John Devenport

Army Number: 56578

Battalion: 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire. Son of James and Hannah Devenport, 64, Breach Road, Marlpool, Heanor, Derbyshire. Husband of Alice Devenport, of 44, Holbrook Street, Heanor, Derbyshire. He was a lathe turner prior to enlisting at Ilkeston, Derbyshire and died of wounds 16th October 1918, aged 26.

Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 30. Row F. Grave 6.