Second Lieutenant Benjamin Morley Badcock

Army Number: n/a

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

Born and lived at Staveley, Derbyshire. Son of Dr Benjamin and Bertha Badcock, of High Street, Staveley, Derbyshire. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 31st October 1917. He went to France on 27th June 1918 and joined the 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment at Vaudricourt, France. He was killed in action, on 9th July 1918, aged 20, whilst serving near Essars, France.

Buried: Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France. Plot 2. Row G. Grave 4.

Second Lieutenant Benjamin Morley Badcock is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Derby School War Memorial, St. Helen’s House, King Street, Derby.
Staveley Remembrance Gardens War Memorial, Staveley, Derbyshire.