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Interwar Burials
Private Cyril Betton (died 21 January 1935), a Sherwood Forester resting in peace
There are two service burials from the interwar years: 4970981 Private Cyril Betton of the
2nd Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (whose headstone depicted above has eroded badly,
particularly over the date of death)7, and 23 year old 3526673 Private J Ainsworth, 1st Battalion
The Manchester Regiment, who died accidentally on 11 July 1937.
7 The Museum of the Mercian Regiment (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Collection) (www.wfrmuseum.org.uk) at
Foresters House, Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell hold an extensive database which confirms Private Cyril Betton 4970981 died
on 21 January 1935.
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