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Company Serjeant Major HORACE ATHERTON

Service Number: 2557
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

IV. B. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Atherton, of 93, Mersey Rd., Widnes, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1348
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