WM.+JAS.+THURMAN

Thurman, William James, Private, 15184, 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born Sandiacre, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire Resided Old Whittington, Derbyshire Killed in action 14th February 1916

Aged 21 Son of William James and Mary Thurman, of 49, Johnson St., Sheepbridge, Chesterfield. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

1911 Census: William James Thurman was a 16 year old ironworks labourer, residing at 25, Buller Street, Ilkeston. He was the son of William James Thurman, an ironworks labourer, and Mary Thurman.