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Private JOHN WILLIAM FAIRLESS

Service Number: 6/1923
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY

I. D. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Fairless, of 13, Ravensworth Avenue, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription STILL TO MEMORY DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 317
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