Lance Corporal Thomas Anthony Kerry

Army Number: 2440

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

Born at Smalley, Derbyshire. Son of Anthony Kerry, of the Rose and Crown, Smalley. He was a police constable at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France 28th February 1915 and was killed in action, 1st June 1915, whilst serving in the line at Kemmel, Belgium.

Buried: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium. Row A. Grave 59.

Lance Corporal Thomas Anthony Kerry is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Smalley Endowed School War Memorial, (Richardson Endowed School), Smalley, Derbyshire.
Nottinghamshire County Council Employees War Memorial, Galleries of Justice, Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police Headquarters War Memorial, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Sutton-in-Ashfield Cemetery War Memorial, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.