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Corporal JOHN WILFRED ESSEX

Service Number: 11355
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

II. D. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Ann Essex, of 14, Cossington St., Leicester. His brother Samuel also fell.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER SJT. S. ESSEX 8TH LEICESTER RGT. 15.7.16. GRAVE UNKNOWN
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