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John William Roper

Service Number 21690
Military Unit 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 23 Nov 1917 (23 Years Old)
Place of Birth Sutton in Ashfield Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies He was a colliery labourer.
Family History

He was the son of John Henry and Elizabeth Ann Roper and the brother of Elizabeth May, Lillian and Millicent Roper of 23 Lime Street Sutton in Ashfield.

Military History

He was a stretcher bearer. He signed up on 25th August 1915 in Sutton in Ashfield.

Extra Information

He was killed in France/Flanders by friendly shell fire whilst in his trench (a British shell fell short). Burial place not known but commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial in Belgium.

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