Private John Thomas Lane

Army Number : 265950 (formerly 3363)

Battalion : 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of Harry and Emma Lane, of Redhill, Arnold, Nottingham. He was a farm labourer prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France 28th June 1915 and died from the effects of a gas attack 27th May 1917, near Lievin, France.

Buried: Loos British Cemetery, France. Plot XIX, Row F, Grave 25.

Private Lane is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
St, Mark’s Mission War Memorial, Bestwood, Nottinghamshire.