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Private JOSEPH ERIC LAYTHAM

Service Number: 3596788
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION

VI. B. 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Elizabeth Jane Laytham, of Heysham, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 873
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