Private John Henry Crompton

Army Number: 3768

Battalion: 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Newton Moor, Lancashire and lived in Manchester. Brother of Thomas Crompton. He enlisted at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, went to France on 27th October 1915 and was killed in action, 20th July 1916, by German shellfire whilst serving in the line at Bellacourt, France.


Commonwealth War Graves Commission Headstone shows initials as J. A.

Buried: Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, France. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 7.

Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, France.
Private John Henry Crompton grave