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Pte. William Alton MM.
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Rose Terrace, Tupton
(d.11th Jun 1918)
William Alton worked with his dad at the Grassmore colliery as a pony driver. He enlisted at Chesterfield in 1914, and entered France in July 1915, serving with C Company, 11th Platoon, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. He received the Military Medal for gallantry and devotion to duty near Plouvain on 5th of August 1917, when taking part in a patrol which entered enemy trenches. William was wounded three times before his death.
He was killed in action at Auchonvillers and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.