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Serjeant R GILBERTSON

Service Number: 15694
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Defence Corps

61st Coy.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1916

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY

O. 492.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Ann Gilbertson, of Baker St., Huyton Quarry, Liverpool. Served in the Ashanti Expedition (1896), and in the South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS NOT FORGOTTEN BY HIS LOVING WIFE & CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

SHORNCLIFFE MILITARY CEMETERY
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 699
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