Private Frederick Beighton

Army Number: 328035 (formerly 1566 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.)

Battalion: 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Lenton, Nottingham. Son of Robert and Ann Maria Beighton, of 31, Tyre Street, New Lenton, Nottingham. He was a leatherworker prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He died 16th February 1917.

Buried/Commemorated : St. Amand British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 9.

St. Amand British Cemetery, France.
St. Amand British Cemetery, France.
Frederick Beighton grave
Frederick Beighton grave


Private Frederick Beighton is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Lenton War Memorial, Lenton, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham

His brother Private Henry Beighton, 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.