Lance Corporal Willie Britton
Army Number : 20960
Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of John and Ellen Britton, of 5, Lambert Street, Hyson Green, Nottingham. He was a colliery rope lad prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He served in Gallipoli during 1915 with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and was killed in action, 16th September 1916, aged 21, in the attack on the German positions at Guillemont, France, during the Battle of the Somme.
Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Lance Corporal Willie Britton is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Stephen’s Church War Memorial, Hyson Green, Nottingham.
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Radford, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.