Private Samuel Cutts

Army Number: 24347

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son of Matthew and Fanny Cutts, of 11, Bolsover Old Hill, Bolsover. He was a Railway Plate Layer prior to enlisting at Bolsover and served in Gallipoli during 1915 with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. On returning to France he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and was killed in action, 13th September 1916, aged 34, during the attack on Arrow Head Copse near Guillemont, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, France. Plot 6. Row I. Grave 3.