Private William Dickens

Army Number: 18927

Battalion: 4th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born 1895 in Blackwell, Derbyshire and lived at Newton, Derbyshire. Son of Isaac and Ada Dickens of Main Street, Newton. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He died of wounds, on 1st November 1917, at Sunderland Military Hospital.

Private William Dickens article — Photograph of Private Dickens, article and grave kindly submitted by Nigel King.

Buried: Blackwell (St. Werburgh) Churchyard, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Row B. Grave 11.

Private William Dickens is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Newton War Memorial, Newton, Derbyshire.