Private Samuel Eaton

Army Number : 267657

Battalion : 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Risley, Derbyshire. He lived at 5 Edwinstow Avenue,West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Son of Richard and Sydney Ann Eaton, of Gordon Road, West Bridgford. Husband of Stella Eaton, of Thraves Yard, Radcliffe-On-Trent, Nottingham. He was a Farm Worker prior to enlisting at Radcliffe-On-Trent. He died of wounds 2nd July 1917.

Buried : Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 9.

Private Eaton is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
West Bridgford War Memorial, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.
St. Giles Church War Memorial, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.