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Lance Corporal I MEER

Service Number: 50824
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

27th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ILKESTON (PARK) CEMETERY

4555.

United Kingdom

LEFT OF PATH UNDER A LARGE HOLLY TREE. GROUD AT AN ANGLE BUT NO EFFECT TO GRAVE SO FAR. NEEDS CLEANING MORE OFTEN DUE TO TREES. CLEANED 1/3/23 (No 10)

Photographer: KATE FENNELLY

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (185434) 414th Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Eliza Meer, of 69, Stanton Rd., Ilkeston.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ILKESTON (PARK) CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 69
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