Sergeant John William Hucknall

Army Number: 24345

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Burton Joyce, Nottingham. Son of Frederick and Winifred Hucknall, of 11, Woodside Villas, Main Street, Burton Joyce, Nottingham. He was a blouse warehouseman prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He served in Gallipoli with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, during 1915. He was transferred to the 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and was killed in action, 18th October 1916, aged 20., by a German shell whilst serving in the line near Martinsart Wood, during the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 3.

Sergeant John William Hucknall is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Burton Joyce War Memorial, Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire.
St. Helen’s Church War Memorial, Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire.
Main Street Methodist Church War Memorial, Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire.