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Rifleman JOHN ALBERT BACKHURST

Service Number: 5831
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXVII. F. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Edward Backhurst, of 11, Abric Avenue, New Malden, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription THE CUP WAS BITTER THE STING SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR

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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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