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Private GILBERT BENJAMIN TAWN

Service Number: 48159
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

C. 50.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Mary Jane Tawn, of Church Rd., Wisbech St. Mary, Wisbech, Cambs.
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Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 255
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