W.+H.+KEETON

Keeton, William Henry, Private, 23089, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Born Pilsley, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 20th February 1915 Died of wounds 21st January 1918 aged 26 Son of Henry and Rebecca Keeton Buried in Pilsley (St. Mary's) Churchyard, Derbyshire

Employed as a miner Resided at 70, Rupert Street, Pilsley, Derbyshire He received a perforating gun shot wound to the forehead on the 23rd June 1916, and was discharged as no longer physically fit for service on the 21st February 1917.

1911 Census A coal miner Son of Henry, a colliery deputy underground, and Rebecca Keeton, of 70, Rupert Street, Pilsley, Derbyshire 