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Corporal JOHN RIXON

Service Number: 266052
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st/1st Bucks. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAGNABOSCHI BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 3. Row D. Grave 1.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Rixon, Fir View Speen, Princes Risborough, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription HE WILL SWALLOW UP DEATH IN VICTORY ISA XXV. VIII
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Buried or commemorated at

MAGNABOSCHI BRITISH CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 183
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