Colour Sergeant William Bilton
Army Number: 7717
Battalion: 19th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Hanley Rundall, Surrey and lived at Nottingham. Adopted Son of John Bilton, of 47, Pownall Crescent, Colchester, Essex. He was a clerk prior to enlisting 19th October 1914 at Nottingham. He was admitted to Carrington Military Hospital, 11th November 1915 suffering from phthisis (tuberculosis) and died 30th December 1915, age 35.
Buried: Nottingham General Cemetery, United Kingdom. Screen Wall. 03356.
Colour Sergeant William Bilton is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.