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Lance Corporal RICHARD PORTER

Service Number: 17793
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY

37. J. CE. 11.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Porter; husband of Ada Porter, of 15, Jackson St., Peter St., Leigh. Born at Askam.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 105
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