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Lance Corporal ROBERT JOHN

Service Number: 5596
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT

II. N. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mary Ann John, of 58, Sherwood St., Llwynypia, Glam.
  • Personal Inscription SAY NOT GOOD NIGHT BUT IN SOME BRIGHTER CLIME BID ME GOOD MORNING
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 711
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