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Rifleman JOHN JAMES FARNES

Service Number: R/17957
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMIECOURT SOUTH CEMETERY

II. E. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Thatcher Farnes and Sophia Farnes, of 62, Frampton Park Rd., Hackney, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LIFE BELOVED IN DEATH LAMENTED
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMIECOURT SOUTH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 233
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