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Private JOHN ROBERTS

Service Number: 31501
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. Q. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Hannah Roberts, of Barton-under-Needwood, Staffs; husband of Eliza Roberts, of Overbury Cottage, Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription REST O BELOVED UNTIL THE DAY DAWN AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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