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Major JOHN LEONARD VEITCH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

7th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIENNES BRITISH CEMETERY

Row A. Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Peter Christian Massyn Veitch, and Harriett Veitch, (nee Drew) of Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription UNTO GOD'S GRACIOUS MERCY AND PROTECTION WE COMMIT THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

THIENNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 114
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