John Singleton

Private 42441. 24th/27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion. Northumberland Fusiliers.

Born 1887.

Son of Ben and Sarah Singleton.

Stepbrother of Emily Taylor.

Address: 352 Scar Lane, Golcar.

Employed by T.W. Thorpe Ltd, Heath House Mills, Golcar.

Enlisted: 6th June 1916.

Killed in action 9th April 1917. Aged 30.

Buried Orchard Dump Cemetery. Plot 8. row K. grave 36.

The cemetery is in the Village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road form Arras to Henin-Lietard. It was begun in April 1917 on the new front resulting in the battles of Arras. The site was given by the widow of a French Infantry Captain who was killed in August 1914.

John embarked for France in November 1916. He was reported missing on 9th April 1917, and afterwards presumed to have died on that date. He attended St. John's Church and is listed on their Roll of Honour, and was a member of Golcar Conservative Club.