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Serjeant GEORGE WILLIAM CLAXTON

Service Number: 240542
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

V. E. 43.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. E. and the late Mr. S. Claxton, of Bridlington, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription NOT EVEN SLEEPING HE STILL STANDS AS A SOLDIER BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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