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Leading Seaman JOHN WESLEY TOMKINSON

Service Number: Mersey Z/689
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

S.S. "Dicky."

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY

J. Diss. 2854.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Wesley Tomkinson and Elizabeth Tomkinson, of 12, Sussex St., Lower Broughton, Salford.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 383
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