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Private JOHN WILLIAM SCRUTON

Service Number: 27990
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Ann Scruton, of Gate House, Whixley, York.
  • Personal Inscription HE PEARED NOT DEATH WHEN HONOUR CALLED HIM NOW HE RESTS IN GLORY
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