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Second Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM BATEMAN PALFREE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. B. 14.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 8th Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Emily Mary Palfree, of 29, Ward St., Derby.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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