Second Lieutenant William Peter Duff

Army Number: n/a formerlyPrivate 3086 inns of court officer training Corps

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

Awards: Military Cross.

Son of Daniel and Catherine Duff, of 1, Broadgates Road, Wandsworth Common, London.comissioned with 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.10th June 1915 and went to France 10th March 1916.

<he was awarded the Military cross, London Gazette date 14th November 1916.”on the 21st/22nd of September 1916, near Blairville, Bellacourt, he showed great courage and determination in bombing dugouts and also carried back a wounded man.He has previously shon conspicuous courage on several occasions”

Hwas killed in action 23rd April 1917, age 21. ewhilst in the line near cite de riaumont. his brother Lieutenant John Creran Duff, Gordon highlanders also fell in the great war.

Commemorated : Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.