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Private R G C HARKNESS

Service Number: 47218
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. B. 45.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Moir Harkness and Ellen Harkness, of 32, Chestnut Avenue, Forest Gate, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE WILLINGLY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND HIS SOUL TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 764
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