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Second Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM STANCER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

V. A. 56.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John H. Stancer, of 11, Claremont Grove, Woodford Green, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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