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Private JOHN ATHERTON

Service Number: 3408
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

II. E. 25.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Jane Atherton, of Preston.
  • Personal Inscription A GOOD SON AND LOVING BROTHER LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 896
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