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Lance Corporal ERNEST JOHN FORD

Service Number: 5617
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

II. C. 57.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Rhoda Ford, of Soak Farm, Silchester, nr. Reading.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS LOVED BY ALL AND FOLLOWING CHRIST HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 896
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