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Private JOHN THOMAS CARESS

Service Number: G/18989
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FIFTEEN RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH

IV. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Jane Caress, of Southfields, London; husband of Kate Caress, of 6, Elleray Rd., Teddington, Middx.
  • Personal Inscription IF LOVE COULD HAVE SAVED HIM HE WOULD NOT HAVE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

FIFTEEN RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1267
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