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Corporal R APPLETON

Service Number: 3712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

1st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

III. F. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Jane Appleton, of 2, Cavendish St., Woodstock, Oxon, and the late John Appleton.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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