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Rank : Private

Army Number : 2300

Unit : 1/5th Bn

Biography :

Enlisted at Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. Served with F Company, 1/5th Bn in World War One. Wounded by gunshot in the chest in Sept 1915, he recovered and returned to duty in December the same year. Died of wounds in France and Flanders campaign 20.4.1916, aged 27. He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.

CWGC:

Rank: Private
Service No: 2300
Date of Death: 20/04/1916
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 5th Bn.
Grave Reference: A. 19. 29.
Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

Son of Fred and Elizabeth Darby, of Mountsorrel; husband of Martha Agnes Darby (nee Kettle), of Edward Cottages, New St., Barrow-on-Soar, Leicester.

Some information from the Mountsorrel in the Great War Project.

Date of Birth : 1890

Place of Birth : Loughborough, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 20.4.1916

Place of Death : France

Civil Occupation : Quarryman

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders