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Private SAMUEL MAJOR

Service Number: 18986
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAWTHORN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, AUCHONVILLERS

A. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Major, of 10, Lower St., Stephen St., Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription FROM ALL HIS LABOURS NOW HE RESTS IN GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY BLEST
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Buried or commemorated at

HAWTHORN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, AUCHONVILLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 214
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