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Private JOHN WILLIAM PARKINSON

Service Number: 14186
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

I. A. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Parkinson, of 130, Chatterton Lane, Stubbins, Ramsbottom, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE ALL FOR THOSE HE LOVED DEARLY
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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