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Driver J B ILLSTON

Service Number: 263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

1st/1st (Leicester) Bty.

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 149.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Branston Illston and Lucy Illston, of 26, Cranmer St., Hinckley Rd., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription OF LEICESTER
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2004
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