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Private JOHN SOWERBUTTS

Service Number: 24199
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

H. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Hannah Sowerbutts of Clitheroe; Husband of Mary Ann Sowerbutts of Lancaster.
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ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 357
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