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Private JOHN JAMES HILTON

Service Number: 18045
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

I. B. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Edmond and Betty Hilton, of Royton, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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