Private John Chantrey

Army Number: 18131

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

Born at Litchurch, Derbyshire. Son of Peter and Hannah Chantrey, of 46 Eagle Street, Derby. Husband of Ada Chantrey, of 20 Mount Pleasant, Cotmanhey, Derbyshire. He was a blacksmith prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France on 29th August 1915 and was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, in the attack on the German positions near Ovillers, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private John Chantrey is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Ilkeston War Memorial, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Christ Church War Memorial, Erewash Museum, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.