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Company Serjeant Major T E ORTON

Service Number: 8
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. O. 2.

France

CH

Photographer: Sue Marguet

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Meritorious Service Medal
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS".
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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