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Private JOHN WILLIAM BETTS

Service Number: 275026
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. F. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ann Esther Betts, of 39, Eden Rd., West Norwood, London. his brothers Arthur, Cecil K. and Reginald C. Betts also fell.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH AND DISTANCE DIVIDE US BUT NOT FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1391
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