Private John Michael Davey

Army Number: 28947

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Carlton, Nottingham. Son of John and Katherine Davey, of 2 Norland Road, Nottingham. He was a woodturner prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 23rd September 1916, whilst serving in the line near Serre, France, during the Battle of Somme.

Buried: Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 58.

Private John Michael Davey is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Carlton, Nottingham.
Carlton, Cemetery War Memorial, Carlton, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham