Private Arthur Brearley

Army Number: 98581 (formerly 12010)

Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born 23rd January 1899  at Sheffield. Son of Gamm and Alice Brearley, of 22, Ulverston Road, Woodseats, Sheffield. He was a crane driver prior to enlisting on 2nd January 1916 at Sheffield. He went to  France on 20th February 1918 and suffered shrapnel wounds to his right thigh on 4th November 1918. He died of wounds at No. 26 General Hospital Etaples, 30th November 1918, aged 19.

Buried : Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Plot 51. Row E. Grave 6.

Private Arthur Brearley is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Chad’s Church Roll of Honour, Woodseats, Yorkshire. 
St. Oswald’s Church Roll of Honour, Sheffield Yorkshire.