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Private JOHN BACKHOUSE

Service Number: 2292
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 January 1917

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

X. D. 37.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Foster son of Jane Brownlow, of 51, Nelson St., Otley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY DIED IN ACTION SADLY MISSED BUT FONDLY REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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