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Lance Corporal JOHN FRANCIS HILTON

Service Number: 251268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY

I. C. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Hilton, of Salford, Manchester; husband of Mary Cecilia Hilton, of "Loughrigg," Victoria Avenue, Barrow-in-Furness. Formerly in the 6th Bn.
  • Personal Inscription FIAT VOLUNTAS TUA: "BUT OUR HEARTS ARE WRUNG WITH SORROW"
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Buried or commemorated at

FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 412
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