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Lance Corporal GEOFFREY HAROLD BLACKWELL LEGG

Service Number: 1974
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY

M. 24.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Mary Blackwell Howlett (formerly Legg), and William Howlett (step-father), of 164, Livingstone Rd., Thornton Heath. Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP AND TAKE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 1239
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