Joseph Nuttall

Private. 241559. 2/5th Battalion. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.

Born: 1897. Baptised 13th October at St. Bartholemew's Church, Melthem.

Son of George Thomas and Martha Hannah.

Address: 11 East Street, Golcar.

Occupation: Apprenticed to R. Kendall, painter & decorator, Byrom St.

Killed in action: 20th July 1918. Aged 21.

Buried at Courmas British Cemetery. Plot 11. Row D. Grave 8.

Joseph had attended Crow Lane school. He was killed in action near Rheims. His name appears on the Roll of Honour in St. John's Church, Golcar, Crow Lane Board School, Milnsbridge and Huddersfield Drill Hall.

Courmas is a village 11km south west of Reims. The cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from Courmas Village and Courmas Chateau British Cemeteries, small cemeteries made by the 62nd (West Riding Division) after the fighting on the 20th July 1918, the date when Joseph was killed.

There are over 200 First World War casualties on this site. Over a quarter of them are unidentified.