Private John Coxall

Army Number: 27426

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

Born at Swadlincote, Derbyshire and lived at 11 Mayfield Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of John and Sarah Ann Coxall, of Newhall, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 12th June 1915 at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. he went to France with the 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, on 14th April 1916. He was posted to the 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 10th July 1916 and was reported wounded and missing 30th July 1916, during actions near Bethune, France.

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

Private John Coxall is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Wilfrids Church War Memorial, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Kingsway Cenotaph War memorial, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.