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Private JOHN GORTON

Service Number: 30044
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARRAS MEMORIAL

Bay 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James and Ann Gorton, of 34, King's Rd., Blackburn.

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Buried or commemorated at

ARRAS MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 34742
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