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Gunner J SPEDDING

Service Number: 921
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

39th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ellen Spedding, of Milnthorpe, Westmorland; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Thorp (formerly Spedding), of 1, Glasgow St., Barrow-in-Furness.
  • Personal Inscription NOT FORGOTTEN BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 422
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