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Private JOHN CHARLES

Service Number: 27870
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Charles, of 272, Cog Lane, Burnley, Lancs. Native of Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 875
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