Private Percy Cartwright

Army Number : 32115

Battalion : 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born at Belper, Derbyshire, son of Albert and Phyllis Cartwright, of the Knook, Holbrook Moor, Derbyshire. He was a pottery labourer prior to enlisting at Belper. He died of wounds, 3rd July 1916, received on the 1st July 1916 at Ovillers, France on the 1st Day of the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot 4. Row C Grave 6.

Private Percy Cartwright is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Belper War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.
J. Bourne and Son Ltd. First World War Memorial, Denby Pottery Visitors Centre, Denby, Derbyshire.
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Belper, Derbyshire.
St. Mark’s Church War Memorial, Openwoodgate, Derbyshire.
Zion Methodist Church War Memorial, Openwoodgate, Derbyshire.