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Lance Corporal JOHN BANNISTER DAVIES

Service Number: 465
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

"A" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

IV. I. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Brown (formerly Davies), of 58, Widdrington Rd., Wigan, and the late John Davies.
  • Personal Inscription OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF HIS SOUL

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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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