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Serjeant JOHN APPLETON

Service Number: 1658
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"B" Coy. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XXXVIII. H. 7.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Harriett Appleton, of Stockton-on-Tees; husband of Annie Appleton, of 8, Webster St., Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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