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Private JOHN WHITAKER

Service Number: 42361
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY

II. E. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Catherine Whitaker, of 15, Langthorpe Place, Beeston Hill, Leeds, and the late George Whitaker.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 255
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