| Rank & Unit | Sergeant, Kings Royal Rifles Corps, awarded the DCM |
| Death | 24 August 1917, Hooge near Ypres, aged 23 |
| Family | Son of John and Sarah Orchard |
| Biographic detail | In 1911 his father is the subpostmaster and John jnr is a letter carrier |
| Extra detail | He was awarded the DCM because he “had led the first wave of his company in an assault on enemy troops and although wounded he had held out for two hours before returning with two prisoners”. He is commemorated in Aldbourne churchyard |
