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Lieutenant JOHN LEE ABBISS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XI. E. 11.

Iraq

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 7th Light Armoured Bty. Machine Gun Corps (Motors)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick George and Helen Abbiss, of 42, Elwyn Rd., March, Cambs. Born at Lewisham, London.
  • Personal Inscription CHEERFULLY HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SECURITY AND PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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