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Lance Corporal JOSEPH EATON

Service Number: 240331
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY

III. L. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Catherine Eaton, of 12, Melbourne St., Coalville, Leicester. Born at Church Gresley, Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 997
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