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Private W GORTON

Service Number: 60233
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

27th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL ROAD WEST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY

B. 36.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Sarah Gorton, of 96, Didsbury Rd., Heaton Norris, Stockport.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBRANCE OF HIS LIFE IS THE SWEETEST OF OUR THOUGHTS
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL ROAD WEST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 98
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