Private John Bernard Towndrow Gough

Army Number : 70448

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

Born and lived at Belper, Derbyshire. Son of John B. and Matilda Gough, of “Holmleigh,” Windmill Lane, Belper. He was a Hosiery Warehouse Assistant prior to enlisting in February 1915 at Derby. He served in Dublin during the Irish Rebellion. He died of wounds, 4th April 1917, aged 21, received after being struck by an unexploding shell.

Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery, France. Plot 6. Row A. Grave 14.

Private John Bernard Towndrow Gough is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Belper War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.
Belper Methodist Church War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.
Herbert Strutt School War Memorial (The Strutt Centre), Belper, Derbyshire.
Belper Swimming Club War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.