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Private JOHN GEORGE MARKELL

Service Number: 28929
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1918

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY

II. K. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 18th Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Hannah Mary Markell, of Newby Lodges, Skelton, Ripon, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF AN ONLY SON WHO DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 573
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