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Corporal JOHN LAWTON

Service Number: L/9545
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 169th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Lawton, of Miles Platting; husband of Johanna Lawton, of 12, Sherwood Street, Miles Platting, Manchester.
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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