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Private FRANCIS JAMES FLINTON

Service Number: 42887
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XIV. F. 2.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah Ann Flinton, of 9, Avenue Rd., Retford, Notts., and the late Thomas Flinton.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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