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Lieutenant LEWIS JOHN FRANCIS OERTLING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

5th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. B. 6.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Bedfordshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Emily Oertling, of Barnes, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 586
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