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Lance Corporal R TANTON

Service Number: A/200121
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Matilda Tanton, of The Square, Lenham, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription CALLED HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 608
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