Private John James Duckworth

Army Number: 260124 formerly 2019 East Lancashire Regiment.

Battalion: 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Horwich, Lancashire. Son of James and Mary Ann Duckworth, of 46 Sale Lane, Tyldesley, Husband of Mary Ellen Maher (Formerly Duckworth), of 36, George St. West, Blackburn. He was coal miner prior to enlisting at Blackburn. into the East Lancashire Regiment. He went to Egypt 10th September 1914 He was later transferred to the 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.and was killed action, 16th April 1918, age 25, whilst serving in the line at Kemmel, Belgium.

Commemorated : Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Panel 7.