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Private JOHN DARKSEN

Service Number: S/11860
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON CEMETERY, MAMETZ

Sp. Mem. B. 57.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Darksen, of Inverness.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 102
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