Lance Corporal John Clarke Dexter

Army Number: 11080

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Radford, Nottingham. Son of John And Mary Dexter, of 59, Waterloo Promenade, Forest Road. West, Nottingham. He was a lace threader and lived at 10 Grafton Avenue, Buckingham Road, Woodthorpe, Nottingham. He enlisted at Nottingham in 1909 and served in India. He went to France 4th November 1914, was appointed Lance Corporal 12th March 1915 and was killed in action, 9th May 1915, age 24, during the attack on Aubers Ridge, France.

Commemorated : Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Panel 7.

Lance Corporal Dexter is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Radford, Nottinghamshire.