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Private FRANCIS ANDERTON

Service Number: 21713
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

Sp. Mem. A.3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis and Catherine Anderton, of 8, Ladysmith Rd., Preston.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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