Private John James Calvert

Army Number : 71488 (formerly 32280 North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s)

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Todmorden, Yorkshire. Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Calvert; Husband of Charlotte Calvert, of 54, Industrial Street, Todmorden. he was a painter and decorator prior to enlisting at Halifax. He was killed in action, 4th November 1918, aged 35, during the attack on the German line near Sebourg, France.

Buried : Sebourg British Cemetery, France. Row B, Grave 2.

Private John James Calvert is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Valley Park Garden of Remembrance War Memorial, Todmorden, Yorkshire.