Sergeant John Connaughton

Army Number : 7039

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

Born and lived at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son of James and Bridget Connaughton, of 1, The Shambles, Chesterfield. Husband of Bridget Esther Connaughton, of 14, Wards Yard, Chesterfield. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting 9th September 1914 at Derby. He was posted to the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 19th September 1914 and was promoted Corporal 9th October 1914. He was appointed Lance Sergeant 13th February 1915 and promoted Sergeant 29th May 1915. He went to France 27th August 1915 and was killed in action, 1st July 1916, during 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.