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Gunner ALFRED HESKETH

Service Number: 202924
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 148th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XIV. E. 14A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Hesketh, of 3, Cherry Tree Terrace, Cherry Tree, Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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