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Rifleman JOHN JAMES SILLS

Service Number: R/28096
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

X. G. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Elizabeth Sills, of London; husband of Susannah Fisher Sills, of 6, Cloudesley Mansions, Cloudesley Place, Islington, London.
  • Personal Inscription GOD BE WITH US UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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