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Sapper JOHN WILLIAM CHAPLIN

Service Number: 22517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

59th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIENNES BRITISH CEMETERY

Row E. Grave 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie S. L. Chaplin, of Plymouth.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

THIENNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 114
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