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Private CHRISTOPHER APPLETON

Service Number: 24544
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

"D" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELSAUX FARM CEMETERY, BEUGNY

III. C. 13. Buried near this spot.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. and Sarah Jane Appleton, of 13/78, Franchise St., Perry Barr, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

DELSAUX FARM CEMETERY, BEUGNY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 495
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