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Private JOHN LAWTON

Service Number: 13069802
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY

Sec. 9. Grave 552.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Ellen Lawton, of Walsall.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING MEMORIES OF JOHN. HE ANSWERED THE CALL AND DIED A HERO
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Buried or commemorated at

WALSALL (RYECROFT) CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 177
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