Private John Reginald Cory

Army Number: 70230

Battalion: 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Brixton, Surrey. Son of Margaret Cory of 23 Himley Road, Tooting. He was a carpenter prior to enlisting at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was killed in action, 3rd October 1917, in the attack at Poelcappelle, near Ypres, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private John Reginald Cory is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Mitcham War Memorial, Mitcham, Surrey.