Private John Henry Crofts

Army Number: 203670

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

Born at Lived at Staveley, Derbyshire. Son of John and Unity Ann Crofts, of Staveley. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Staveley. He died of wounds, 12th December 1917, aged 22.

Buried: Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Plot 6. Row H. Grave 29.

Private John Henry Crofts is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Staveley War Memorial, Staveley, Derbyshire.