Army Number : 306698

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

Born at Newstead, Nottinghamshire. Son of Mr. D. Welbourn, of 87, Carlingford Road., Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Enlisted at Hucknall. Died 26th September 1917

Commemorated : Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Corporal John William Welbourne is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Newstead Village Green War Memorial, Newstead, Nottinghamshire.