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Private ALFRED GORTON

Service Number: 17097
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

III. I. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Phoebe Gorton, of 1, Inkerman St., Harpurhey, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN ALFRED NOR WILL YOU EVER BE BY ALL RELATIONS
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Buried or commemorated at

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