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Private JOHN CHARLES ELMES

Service Number: 42290
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

X. C. 21.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Mary Ellen Elmes, of 34, Home Road, Battersea, London.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON MY SON THY WORK IS DONE MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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