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Private JOHN WILLIAM FARNSWORTH

Service Number: 70611
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

2nd Bn

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE

III. D. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Farnsworth, of 2, Penmoor St. Hasland, Chesterfield.
  • Personal Inscription NOT MY WILL OH LORD BUT THINE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 577
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