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Lance Corporal JOHN WIGHTMAN

Service Number: 41612
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"D" Coy. 17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XLIII. E. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late William and Esther Wightman.
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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