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Lance Corporal JOHN LEWIS GARNER

Service Number: 22366
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

J. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Emily Garner, of Dukinfield; husband of Eva Garner, of 220, Birch Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription HONOUR, GLORY PRAISE AND MERIT THINE SHALL EVER BE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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