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Private JAMES ENGLISH ORTON

Service Number: 7760
Regiment & Unit/Ship

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PONT-NOYELLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

2.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment 2nd Cavalry Bde.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Orton, of 18, Prospect Cottages, West Thurrock, Grays, Essex.
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Buried or commemorated at

PONT-NOYELLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3
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