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Private PETER SOMERTON

Service Number: 2779
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

VIII. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Elizabeth Ann Somerton, of Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Native of Portugal Cove, St. John's East, Newfoundland.
  • Personal Inscription FOND PARENTS GRIEVE FOR YET ARE PROUD OF A NOBLE AND DEVOTED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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