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Corporal PERCEY ELMER AXTEN

Service Number: 113209
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd Bn. Special Bde.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row B. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Dawson Axten and Elizabeth Axten, of 26, Trewince Road, West Wimbledon, London. Undergraduate London University. Winner of Junior and Senior Surrey County Scholarships.
  • Personal Inscription THE BELOVED SON OF ARTHUR D. & ELIZABETH AXTEN OF WIMBLEDON
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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