Army Number: 19689

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Lived at 6, Hazel Grove, Bulwell, Nottingham. Son of Joseph and Lydia Shorthouse, of Bulwell; Husband of Lilian Shorthouse, of 17, Linby Terrace, Hucknall, Torkard, Nottingham. Went to France on 11th October 1915. Killed in action, 1st July 1916, aged 27, in the attack on the German positions near Ovillers, France during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Buried: Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France. Plot V, Row D, Grave 27.