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Private GEORGE STEPHENSON RIVERS

Service Number: 18/1394
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. C. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ann Rivers, of South View, Thornley, Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 52
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