Private John Frederick Birkett
Army Number: 43831
Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Son of John and Damaris Birkett, of 20, Sandhill Street, Worksop. He was a miller’s clerk prior to enlisting at Worksop. He went to France 6th August 1916 and was killed in action, 8th October 1916, age 20, during a German attack at Thiepval, France during the Battle of the Somme.
Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Private John Frederick Birkett is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St, Mary and St. Cuthbert Priory Church War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
St. John’s Church War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Worksop War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.