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Private GEORGE APPLEBY

Service Number: 63086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-SUR-CANCHE BRITISH CEMETERY

A. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Christopher and Margaret Appleby, of 5, High Cross Row, Seaton Burn, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY BY RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF DUTY.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-SUR-CANCHE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 80
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