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Private JOHN FRANK ROY PORRITT

Service Number: 146041
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

32nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Balham, London. Son of Arthur and Madeleine Porritt, of "Ranmore," Upper Rd., Eastwick, Leatherhead, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription GENTLE AND CHIVALROUS HE WAS BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 764
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