Private Albert Beresford

Army Number: 201212 (formerly 3856)

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Belper, Derbyshire. Son of Albert and stepson of Anne Beresford, of 8 Cow Hill, Belper. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Derby. he went to France 10th December 1915 and was killed in action, 25th June 1917,  during a raid on the German line near Cite St. Pierre, France.

Buried: Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 3.

Private Albert Beresford is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Belper War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.
Belper and Milford Book of Remembrance (St. John the Baptist Chapel Heritage Centre) Belper, Derbyshireo