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Captain CLAUDE ALEXANDER LAFONE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

"D" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1915

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE

IV. D. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred William and Harriet Lafone, of Springfield, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription "HE CROWN'D A HAPPY LIFE WITH A FAIR DEATH"
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 806
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