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Private JOHN HERBERT LAWSON

Service Number: 350345
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

II. I. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Rebecca Lawson; husband of Ada Elizabeth Jarvis (formerly Lawson), of 13, Aldred Rd., Crookes, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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