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Captain JOHN LAWRENCE WHITFIELD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1915

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

II. A. 32.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Alice Whitfield, of "Northolme," Chorley, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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