Private William Corless

Army Number: 28740

Battalion : 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Winster, Derbyshire. Son of John and Annie Corless, of East Bank, Winster. He was a farm servant prior to enlisting at Bakewell, Derbyshire and was killed in action, 4th June 1916, during the attack near Givenchy, France.

Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France. Panel 87 to 89.

Private William Corless is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. John’s Church War Memorial, Winster, Derbyshire.

His brother Private Daniel Corless 22nd Manchester Regiment also fell in the Great War.