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Private JOHN FREDERICK MILNES

Service Number: 29229
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

X. I. 19.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Cecilia Milnes, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and the late William Milnes. Enlisted May, 1916; trained at Guernsey C. Is.; went to France Aug., 1916.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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