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Lance Corporal JOHN EMERY LAWTON

Service Number: S/11422
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GONNEHEM BRITISH CEMETERY

G. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Emery Lawton and Ada Emery Lawton, of 12, Miller's Hill, Herrington, Co. Durham. Born at Pelton Fell.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

GONNEHEM BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 200
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