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Second Lieutenant MARTIN ARTHUR HEATHCOTE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

"B" Coy. 10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

I. E. 15.

France

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Photographer: Warren Shaw

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Malcolm Heathcote and Mary Forbes Heathcote, of Compton Close, Winchester. Educated at St. Paul's School.
  • Personal Inscription HE ASKED LIFE OF THEE AND THOU GAVEST HIM LONG LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

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