Lance Corporal John Doncaster

Army Number: 306809

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and lived at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Son of Thomas and Fanny Elizabeth Doncaster. He enlisted at Nottingham in February 1916 and also served in Dublin during the Irish Rebellion of 1916. He later went to France and was killed in action, 7th April 1917, during the attack at Le Verguier, north-west of Saint Quentin, France.

Buried: Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 44.

Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France.

Lance Corporal John Doncaster grave — Photograph of headstone kindly supplied by Barry Sisson.

Lance Corporal Doncaster is also commemorated on the following local memorials:
Mansfield District Council Offices Roll of Honour, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham Road War Memorial, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.