J. J. Derry
Service no. 41051
Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Killed in action age 26 on 9 April 1917
Son of Lionel and Sarah Derry, of London; husband of M. L. Eaton (formerly Derry), of 5 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London.
Remembered Fampoux British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Information from the 1901 census
In 1901 John Derry was 9 and living at 65 Ellerslie Road with his father, Lionel J. Derry, 36, a laundry carman, and mother, Susan A. Derry, 30. He had a younger brother, Frederick W. Derry, 9. The family were all born in Lambeth.
