Private Joseph Henry Heathcote

Army Number : 43777

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Brassington, Derbyshire. Son of Joseph and Louisa Heathcote, of Griffe Farm, Brassington. He was a farmer prior to enlisting at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He died of diphtheria,11th February 1917.

Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 11. Row A. Grave 16.

Private Joseph Henry Heathcote is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. James’s Church War Memorial, Brassington, Derbyshire.