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Private JOHN WHITWELL

Service Number: 20658
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. B. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elijah and Lavinia Whitwell; husband of Phoebe Whitwell, of 34, Langs Rd., Preston, Paignton, Devon. Native of Rayleigh, Essex. His brother Charles Henry Whitwell also fell.
  • Personal Inscription A DEVOTED HUSBAND
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Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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