INDEPENDENT HILL
1934 INDEPENDENT HILL
Looking to Bath St from Brook St - 193. Image courtesy Picture the Past website
CORBETT, Charles
Rank
Private
Service number
266118
Date of death
01 Jul 1916
Age at death
19
Military Unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
He was the son of Elizabeth Goy (formerly Corbett) of 22 Independent Hill, Nottingham. Chariles had previously lived at 14 Virginia Street, Nottingham.
Military History
He was reported missing after the first day of the Battle of the Somme but his death was not confirmed until the following year. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Extra Information
Nottingham Post notice (abridged), 18 June 1917: 'Corbett. Missing since July 1st, now reported killed, Private Charles Corbett, Sherwood Foresters, age 19, late of 14 Virginia Street. Mother, father, brother, sister and Will in France.'
Remembered on
Rank
Private
Service number
266118
Date of death
01 Jul 1916
Age at death
19
Military Unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
He was the son of Elizabeth Goy (formerly Corbett) of 22 Independent Hill, Nottingham. Chariles had previously lived at 14 Virginia Street, Nottingham.
Military History
He was reported missing after the first day of the Battle of the Somme but his death was not confirmed until the following year. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Extra Information
Nottingham Post notice (abridged), 18 June 1917: 'Corbett. Missing since July 1st, now reported killed, Private Charles Corbett, Sherwood Foresters, age 19, late of 14 Virginia Street. Mother, father, brother, sister and Will in France.'
Remembered on
- St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Charles Corbett
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission