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Private JOHN ESSON

Service Number: 30374
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 May 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

XIV. F. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary C. Esson, of Silver St. House, Dunbar, East Lothian. Born in Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 7661
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