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Gunner GEORGE HENRY FLETCHER

Service Number: 118970
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

22nd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 07 September 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. A. 32.

France

Photos taken by DG in UK Area - 9 April 2013: Shaftesbury Borough Cemetery, Dorset (Note: many of the headstones in this set were photographed by DG to show the extent to which their condition had deteriorated, where this is apparent use caution if sharing them externally).

Photographer: Alan Pateman-Jones

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher; husband of Mrs. M. S. Fletcher, of School Rd., Oldland, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription TO BE WITH CHRIST IS FAR BETTER GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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