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Private R PONTEFRACT

Service Number: 23/21678
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

I. D. 26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Hannah Pontefract.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY WE WILL KEEP YOU EVER WE LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

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