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Private JOHN BEACON

Service Number: 40015
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT

IV. B. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Abraham John and Minnie Alice Beacon, of 5, Ashton Terrace, Wellswood, Torquay, Devon. Born at Sittingbourne, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAR AND ONLY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 678
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