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Gunner R LANCASTER

Service Number: 185923
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

51st Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POIX-DU-NORD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. B. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Mary Lancaster, of Cleator; husband of Hannah Lancaster, of Church House, Cleator, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

POIX-DU-NORD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 97
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