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Private JOHN DONALD SLEE

Service Number: 23840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. G. 3.

France

C/H IN GOOD CONDITION ,CLEANED AND IN SQUARE 52 ON SITE PLAN

Photographer: john day

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and the late Ann Slee, of Dacre, Penrith.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WILL CLASP THE BROKEN CHAIN, CLOSER WHEN, WE MEET AGAIN.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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