2nd Lieutenant Edwin Boothroyd   
4th Bn.,Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) died on 17 April 1918, aged 23
COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Brother of Mrs. A. Peace, of Netherfield Cottage, Doncaster Rd., Rotherham

From the Derbyshire Times, 20th July 1918. A further loss among Staveley officers is to hand, Second-Lieut. E Boothroyd, whose home is at Lowgates, Staveley, having died of wounds at Aachen. Second-Lieut. Boothroyd, who belonged to the Sherwood Foresters, enlisted on August 17th 1914 and served in the Gallipoli Campaign. He was invalided to Malta and afterwards went to France, being wounded and necessitating his return to England. He made a good recovery and made a return to the fighting line, but came home for a commission, which he took in November 1917. In the big push of March 21st 1918 he was again wounded and taken a prisoner. News has just recently been received that he died at Aachen. Before the war he worked at Ireland Colliery, Staveley and was prominently identified with Staveley Scouts.

Source:  Staveley Remembered A-B

john weston