Private William Catley

Army Number : 306521

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Newark, Nottinghamshire and was the son of George and Fanny Catley, of 4 Mount Pleasant, Mill Gate, Newark. He was an office boy prior to enlisting at Newark and was killed in action, 7th April 1917, during the attack at Le Verguier, northwest of Saint Quentin, France.

Buried : Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 46.

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