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Private JOHN PICTON

Service Number: 3/18021
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

3rd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 November 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. DD. 13A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Cryer (formerly Picton), of 3, Edward's Place, Rochdale, and the late James William Picton.
  • Personal Inscription " 'TWAS JESUS CALLED HIM TO HIS HOME"
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Buried or commemorated at

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