Private Samuel Baldwin

Army Number: 31326

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales and lived at Great Clacton, Essex. He enlisted at Newark, Nottinghamshire and was killed in action, 5th July 1916, in the attack on the German positions at La Boisselle, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Samuel Baldwin is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Laurence’s Church War Memorial, Norwell, Nottinghamshire.
St. Laurence’s Church Roll of Honour, Norwell, Nottinghamshire.