Lance Corporal 23991 John Henry Nightingale

Lance Corporal 23991 John H Nightingale (served as John West), 16^th Battalion, Welch Regiment

Killed in action in the Ypres salient in Belgium on 31 Aug 1916

• Named on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (as John West)
• Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Mrs Harriett Nightingale, High Street, Coleshill
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for L/Cpl West
• Menin Gate Memorial
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Welch Regiment

Census and Family Information

• Born Apr qtr 1892 Over Whitacre, Warwickshire
• Birth registered as John H Pallett
• Lived at Angel Yard, High Street, Coleshill, a coal miner [1911 census]