Private Joseph Cresswell

Army Number: 2325

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Church Gresley, Derbyshire. Son of Albert and Eliza Cresswell, of 35, Hall Street, Church Gresley, Derbyshire. Husband of Ada Cresswell. He was a coal miner at Granville Colliery, Swadlincote, Derbyshire prior to enlisting on 8th August 1914 at Derby. He went to France on 1st March 1915 and was discharged on 14th April 1916 suffering from osteoarthritis. He died on 12th November 1917, aged 27.

Buried: Swadlincote District (Church Gresley) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Grave 2675

Private Joseph Cresswell is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Church Gresley War Memorial, Church Gresley, Derbyshire.