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Private FRANCIS BOOKES

Service Number: 16214
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XII. B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Bookes, of 31, Blackburn Rd., Dunrear, Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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