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Private JOHN BASFORD

Service Number: 19966
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Mary Basford, of 231 Morton St., Manchester; husband of Elizabeth J. Bailey (formerly Basford, of 16, Lamb St., Longsight, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 868
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