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Lance Corporal DAVID WILLIAM LAINTON

Service Number: R/11963
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

XVII. L. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Jane Lainton, of 27, Brook Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY BEST MAY GOD GRANT TO HIM ETERNAL REST
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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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