306164 Pte John G Boothby, 8th Bn, Sherwood Foresters

306164 Private John George Boothby of the 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt), died of wounds on the 14th August 1918. He was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, and was living in Lincoln when Britain went to war with Germany. He joined the the battalion at Newark, Nottinghamshire in May 1915 and was given the number 3789. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was 29 years old and was the son of "Mary Boothby of 14 Sherbrooke Street, Monks Road, Lincoln, and the late John Boothby." He is buried in the churchyard extension cemetery at Fouquieres-les-Bethune. Again, the CWGC notes:

"The long row which forms Plot I of the churchyard extension was used from May 1915 to April 1918 and between April and October 1918, three further plots were made between the churchyard and the road. Many of the burials took place from field ambulances stationed in the village. The great majority of the graves are those of Territorial soldiers, 249 of them from the 46th (North Midland) Division, which spent three years in the neighbourhood and based its transport at Fouquieres. During the Second World War, in 1940, No.9 Casualty Clearing Station was at Beuvry, about 3 kilometres away from Fouquieres, and some burials from this hospital were made in the churchyard extension. Fouquieres Churchyard Extension contains 387 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 29 from the Second World War. There are also five German war graves. The extension was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens."

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission