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Private WRIGHT ROPER

Service Number: 23286
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XVIII. J. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wright and Alice Roper, of 45, Harvey St., Halliwell, Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription HIS NAME LIVETH FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

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