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Fusilier JOHN WILLIAM CURTIS

Service Number: 3655485
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSARS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row B. Grave 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Sarah Curtis, of Salford, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONOUR, LIBERTY AND TRUTH, HE SACRIFICED HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSARS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 18
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