Private John Robert Forth

Army Number : 3434

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of Robert and Sarah Forth, of 12, Cherry Tree Row, Marecroft, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted in November 1914 age 16 and died 27th April 1916 of wounds the previous day during the advance along road Northumberland Road to Mount Street Bridge, Dublin, during the Irish Rebellion,

Buried: Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Republic of Ireland. West. 45.

Private John Robert Forth is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Worksop War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary and St. Cuthbert’s Priory War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Manton Colliery War Memorial, (St. Mary and St. Cuthbert’s Church) Worksop, Nottinghamshire.