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Lance Corporal GILBERT MESSENGER

Service Number: 17517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 January 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. H. 30.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of M. A. Messenger, of Gill Head, Raughton Head, Dalston, Carlisle.
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Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1293
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