Private Henry Beresford

Army Number: 20926

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Derby and lived at New Mills, Derbyshire. Son of Henry and Hannah Beresford, of Laneside Farm, Rowarth, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Buxton, Derbyshire. He went to France on 29th June 1915 and was killed in action, 7th August 1915, age 21, whilst in the line at Maple Copse, Near Hooge, Belgium.

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.

Private Henry Beresford is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. George’s Church War Memorial, New Mills, Derbyshire.