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Rifleman WALTER HENRY POTTON

Service Number: R/18503
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

I. C. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Rosina Elizabeth Potton, of 163, Westcombe Hill, Blackheath, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING SON WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM & HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1103
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