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Gunner JOHN WILLIAM SLEE

Service Number: 1553
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

26th Bde. Lowland Div.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XVI. H. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Isabella Slee, of 12, Palace Green, Berwick-on-Tweed.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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