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Private JOHN HANKING

Service Number: 1845
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY

II. C. 17.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas William and Harriet Hanking, of 16, Tennant St., Simon Side, South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY HE GAVE HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 751
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