Private William Brewster

Army Number: 12292

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Brewster, of 4 Lion Square, Eldon Street, Newark. He was a maltster’s labourer prior to enlisting at Newark. He went to France 4th November 1914 and was killed in action, 9th May 1915, in the attack at Rouge Bancs, France. 

Buried : Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France. Row E. Grave 30.

Private William Brewster is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark, Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 
Christ Church War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

His brother Private Harry Brewster, 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.