Private John Dillon

Army Number: 829

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire and lived at 23 Bloom Street, Derbt. H was a laborer ptriior to enlisting 8th May 1905 at Derbt He went to France on 11th November 1914 and was killed in action on 29th November 1914. by a German Sniper, whilst in the line near rue de Bois, France.

Buried: Loos British Cemetery, France. Plot 5. Row A. Grave 10.