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.
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- Military History
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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.
Photographs
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