Derbyshire Lads: The Sherwood Foresters: 19th Battalion

19th (Reserve) Battalion

The 19th Battalion was raised at Brocklesby in August 1915 as a Reserve Battalion attached to the 19th Training Reserve Brigade. At the beginning of September 1916 it was absorbed by the other battalions in the 19th TR Brigade and ceased to exist as a separate formation.

Deaths:

BEERE, R., b. Wolverhampton, e. Wolvehampton, 43705, PRIVATE, Died, Home, 14/08/16, Age 28, Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Beere, buried in SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY, Durham, United Kingdom (There are now almost 240, 1914-1918 war casualties commemorated in this site), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion.
BILTON, William, b. Hanley, Staffs, e. Nottingham, r. Colchester, Essex, 7717, COL./SGT., Died, Home, 30/12/15, Age 35, Adopted son of John Bilton, of 47, Pownall Crescent, Colchester, Essex, buried in NOTTINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (Many of the 332 First World War burials in Nottingham General Cemetery were made from the Bagthorpe War Hospital and other war hospitals in the city), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion.
BOFFEY, John, b. Walsall, Staffs, e. Darlaston, Staffs, r. Walsall, Staffs, 24678, PRIVATE, Died, Home, 25/06/16, Age 20, Son of John and Selina Boffey, of 11 Court, 13 House, Green Lane, Walsall, buried in WALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion.
HARE, George, b. Cariton, Lincs, e. Lincoln, r. Grantham, Lincs, 46352, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 26/10/16, Age 19, Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Hare, of Ropsley, Grantham, buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion.
NEWTON, George, b. Nottingham, e. Nottingham, 26869, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 25/11/16, buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion.


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19th (Reserve) Battalion The 19th Battalion was raised at Brocklesby in August 1915 as a Reserve Battalion attached to the 19th Training Reserve Brigade. At the beginning of September 1916 it was absorbed by the other battalions in the 19th TR Brigade and ceased to exist as a separate formation. Deaths: BEERE, R., b. Wolverhampton, e. Wolvehampton, 43705, PRIVATE, Died, Home, 14/08/16, Age 28, Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Beere, buried in SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY, Durham, United Kingdom (There are now almost 240, 1914-1918 war casualties commemorated in this site), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion. BILTON, William, b. Hanley, Staffs, e. Nottingham, r. Colchester, Essex, 7717, COL./SGT., Died, Home, 30/12/15, Age 35, Adopted son of John Bilton, of 47, Pownall Crescent, Colchester, Essex, buried in NOTTINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (Many of the 332 First World War burials in Nottingham General Cemetery were made from the Bagthorpe War Hospital and other war hospitals in the city), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion. BOFFEY, John, b. Walsall, Staffs, e. Darlaston, Staffs, r. Walsall, Staffs, 24678, PRIVATE, Died, Home, 25/06/16, Age 20, Son of John and Selina Boffey, of 11 Court, 13 House, Green Lane, Walsall, buried in WALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion. HARE, George, b. Cariton, Lincs, e. Lincoln, r. Grantham, Lincs, 46352, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 26/10/16, Age 19, Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Hare, of Ropsley, Grantham, buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion. NEWTON, George, b. Nottingham, e. Nottingham, 26869, PRIVATE, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 25/11/16, buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 19th Battalion.