Private Albert Edward Goldthorpe

Army Number: 13477

Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at lived at Dronfield, Derbyshire. Son of Ernest and Annie Goldthorpe, of Dronfield. He was a brass turner prior to enlisting at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He died of wounds, on 5th July 1916, aged 18, from wounds, received in the attack at Fricourt, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Mericourt-L’Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 2.

Private Albert Edward Goldthorpe is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Dronfield War Memorial, Dronfield, Derbyshire.