Private John Fogg

Army Number : 1371

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Quaker Lane, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Louie Fogg, of Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire; Husband of Mrs E. Fogg, of 3, St. Marys Terrace, Parliament Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Was a Besom Maker prior to enlisting at Farnsfield, 2nd February 1912 He went to France 2nd March 1915 and suffered gunshot wounds to his right knee 15th June 1915. He rejoined his battalion on the 3rd October 1915 and was killed in action, 20th June 1916, age 23, whilst serving in the trenches at Foncquevillers, France.

Buried: Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 31.

Private John Fogg is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Michael’s Church War Memorial, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire.