Private Richard Darby

Army Number: 31282

Battalion: 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Derby and lived 12 Lees Yard, Nottingham. Son of James and Mary Darby, of 1, Suez Street, New Basford, Nottingham. He enlisted at Nottingham and died of wounds on 16th July 1917, aged 19.

Buried: Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 1. Row P. Grave 1.

Private Richard Darby is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Leodegarius Church Roll of Honour, Basford, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.