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Private JOHN BIMSON

Service Number: 5848
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

V. A. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of James and Ellen Bimson, of Lathom, Skelmersdale, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1182
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