Lance Corporal William H. Dove

Army Number: 21811

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire and lived at 7 Poplar Avenue, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield. Son of William and Sarah Dove, of 48, Hector Street, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was Taylor’s apprentice prior to enlisting at Chesterfield. He went to France on 27th August 1915 and was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, aged 19, during the attack on the German positions at Ovillers, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Lance Corporal William H. Dove article — Derbyshire Courier 4th November 1916.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Lance Corporal William H. Dove is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Thomas the Apostles Church War Memorial, Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.