Private James Greatorex

Army Number : 2290

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire. Son of James and Elizabeth Greatorex, of  The Wash, Chapel-En-Le-Frith. He was a sheet cutter for High Peak Iron Company prior to enlisting 1st September 1914 at Chapel-En-Le-Frith. He went to France 28th February 1915 and died, 4th July 1915, aged 18, at No. 43 Field Ambulance from wounds received whilst on a working party at Ypres, Belgium

Buried: Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Enclosure No.2 Plot 4. Row B. Grave 65.

Private James Greatorex is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Chapel-En-Le-Frith War Memorial, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire.