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Private JOHN SMITHSON

Service Number: 84162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1918

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 4th Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jonathan and Anne Smithson, of Tallantire, Cockermouth, Cumberland.
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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