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Private JOHN WILLIAM ROOT

Service Number: 6679
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Scottish)

"C" Coy. 2nd/14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY

III. B. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Emily Ann Root, of Stepney, London.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS KNOWS ALL ABOUT OUR STRUGGLES
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Buried or commemorated at

MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 574
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