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Lance Corporal JOHN FLAXINGTON

Service Number: 33274
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

LXV. A. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James W. and Annie Flaxington, of 11, King St., Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Born at Bradford, Yorks, England. Left Rhode Island, U.S.A., July, 1915, to volunteer for British Army.
  • Personal Inscription LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE
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