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Rifleman A RENTON

Service Number: 553954
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 10/16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Renton. Born at Marylebone, London.
  • Personal Inscription WAR LOVES TO SEEK ITS VICTIMS IN THE YOUNG
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Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 161
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