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Serjeant HUGH LAING RITSON

Service Number: 23/1560
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

25th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY

I. C. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Ritson, of 8, Club Row, Pelton Fell, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1298
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