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Private MATTHEW BALMER

Service Number: 38536
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MASNIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, MARCOING

I. E. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Elizabeth Balmer, of 9, Hobart St., Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT HE KEPT THE FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

MASNIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, MARCOING
Nord France
Number of casualties: 226
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