Private William Carrington

Army Number: 240856 (formerly 3026)

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Newton, Bedfordshire. Son of George and Sarah Carrington. He was a Coal Miner prior to enlisting on 20th October 1914 at Eckington, Yorkshire. He went to France on 18th August 1915 and was awarded the Good Conduct Badge on the 14th of November 1916. He died, on 22nd January 1918, age 26, from Chronic Aortic Disease, Endocarditis and Bronchitis, at 13th General Hospital Boulogne, France.

Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Plot 8. Row I. Grave 152.

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Private William Carrington grave

Private William Carrington is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Halfway War Memorial, Halfway, Sheffield, Yorkshire.