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Lance Corporal JOHN SMITH

Service Number: 280626
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

I. D. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Smith, of 47, Trinity St., Bury, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription BRAVELY HE WENT AT ENGLAND'S CALL HE LIKE A SOLDIER FELL WIFE & SON
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ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 299
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