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Sapper JOHN WILLIAM HILTON

Service Number: 446499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

439th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. D. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Hilton, of Rock Ferry, and the late Sarah Hilton; husband of Ada Hilton, of 5, Marne St., Rock Ferry, Birkenhead.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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