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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM ATHEY

Service Number: 1593
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

VIII. K. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Margaret Ann Athey, of 1, Station Cottages, Belford, Northumberland.
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5571
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