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Serjeant JOHN URMSTON WARD

Service Number: R/16666
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

"C" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POIX-DU-NORD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. B. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sarah Ward, of 22, Bedford St., Leigh, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription JUST WHEN HIS THOUGHTS WERE BRIGHTEST
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Buried or commemorated at

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