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Private DAVID POTTERTON

Service Number: 140172
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY

III. C. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Potterton; husband of Emma Potterton, of 50, McCormack Avenue, West Toronto.
  • Personal Inscription FOR US ALL HE DID HIS BEST MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 424
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