J.+A.+PAINTER

Painter, John Alfred, Private, 15342, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Born Spondon, Derbyshire Enlisted Derby Killed in action 19th October 1915 aged 23 Son of Francis William and Mary Hannah Painter, of 14, Coxon Street, Spondon, Derby Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, I, B, 12

1911 Census A railway carriage works slotting machine hand Son of Francis, a railway locomotive fitter's labourer, and Mary Painter, of 9, Gladstone Road, Spondon, Derbyshire

Derby Daily Express, 8th November 1915 John Painter was aged 23, and he was employed in the Midland Railway Locomotive Department shops. He was also a member of the Spondon Liberal Club. He was called up with the reserves in 1914, after serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force. Just prior to his death he wrote home to say 'he was expecting leave for a few days and looking forward to a visit home.' Both his father and his grandfather had previously served in the Grenadier Guards.

Also named on the Midland Railway Memorial, Derby. A labourer, chief mechanical engineering department, Derby


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