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Lance Corporal JOHN DAKIN

Service Number: 26304
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

V. D. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Louisa Dakin, of Hurdsfield, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

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