JOHN+SHORT

Short, John, Private, 14963, 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born Newbold, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire Resided Newbold Moor, Derbyshire Killed in action 8th August 1916

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census: John Short was a 16 year old pot turner, residing at 7, Hallowes Place, Newbold Moor. He was the son of William Short, a coal miner.