John Shortland
Service Number
9652
Military Unit
1st Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
09 May 1915 (28 Years Old)
Place of Birth
St Mary's Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
In 1911 he was serving at Gough Barracks Trimulgherry Deccan India with 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
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Family History
He was the son of Thomas and Charlotte Shortland and the brother of Mary and Flora (later Culley) Shortland. In 1901 they lived at 39 Kirkwhite Street Meadows Nottingham. Flora later lived at 123 Hood Street Sherwood Nottingham.
Military History
He was also awarded the Cross of St George 4th Cl. (Russia). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged), 18 August 1915: 'Shortland. Killed in action May 9th, Company Quartermaster Serjeant J Shortland, 1st Sherwood Foresters. His fiancée.'
