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Private PERCY EMERSON

Service Number: 3711
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

II. L. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Rose Emerson, of Hall Cottages, Leiston, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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