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Rifleman JOHN WILLIAM FOUNTAIN

Service Number: 1696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

A. 26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Elizabeth Lucy Fountain, of London.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DARLING SON SO DEARLY LOVED SO SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 443
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