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Private JOHN SAMUEL WATKINSON

Service Number: 252381
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1917

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXI. D. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Mrs. M. H. Shackelton, of 199 Radnor, St., Moss Side, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S WILL BE DONE MY ANGEL BROTHER SISTER ANNIE
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Buried or commemorated at

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