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Lance Corporal JOHN EDWARD MORTON

Service Number: 78820
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

X. D. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John E. and Ann E. Morton, of 25, Bland St., Grimesthorpe, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription A LIFE OF PROMISE UNFULFILLED
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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