Wadsworth,+Willie

Private, 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Service No: 260123. Date of Death: 16th April 1918. PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Panel 7.
 * Willie Wadsworth**

Born: Keighley, Yorks Residence: Keighley Enlisted: Nelson, Lancs. Service No: 270123 Type of Casualty: Killed in action.
 * Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919**

Private Willie Wadsworth of the Sherwood Foresters and formerly of Haworth has been killed in action. He joined the army in November 1915 at Nelson and had only recently returned from hospital where he had undergone treatment for rheumatism and lung trouble. He was well known as a member of Haworth Wesleyan Cricket Club.
 * Report in Keighley news dated 25th May 1918:**