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Lance Corporal JOHN ROBERT PAYNE

Service Number: 201839
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. N. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Margaret Ann Payne, of 48, Halifax Rd., Brierfield, Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription MAKE HIM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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