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Corporal ROBERT FORD

Service Number: 9399
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS

Sp. Mem. A. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Talbot Ford and Mary Ford, of Wharf House, Leek, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 748
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