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Private ROBERT EDWIN TOMBLIN

Service Number: 31300
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 December 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

VII. B. 22.

France

Headstone

Photographer: Ethan Duggan

2x 3 white marble headstone with kerbs and grass 1 r of Smith (CH) . Eligibility poor

Photographer: Deserie Mansfield

Portland WW2 open top s0il planted ?L/T verges

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Open top soil planted grave L/tT verges

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Portland

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Portland kerbs , grass and CH at head of grave

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Portland

Photographer: Deserie Mansfield

(CH) Portland - good condition .

Photographer: Deserie Mansfield

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Edward and Elizabeth Tomblin, of 47, Brook St., Shepshed, Loughborough.
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Buried or commemorated at

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