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Sapper JOHN JOSEPH SWEETMAN

Service Number: 54670
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

109th Railway Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 11 December 1916

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. E. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Helen Sweetman, of 104, St. Saviours Rd., West Croydon; husband of Elsie M. Galvin (formerly Sweetman), of 18, Endsleigh Rd., West Croydon.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY YOUR LOVING WIFE ELSIE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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