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Lieutenant JOHN ROSE KING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

18th Bn. attd. 10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 4. Row B, Grave 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John and Eve G. F. King, of London.
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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