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Gunner CECIL JOHN FRANCIS FRANKLIN

Service Number: 945086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 291st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY

I. I. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Emily Franklin, of 375, Commercial Rd., Portsmouth. Native of Winchester.
  • Personal Inscription AS CHRIST DIED TO MAKE MEN HOLY SO THEY DIED TO MAKE MEN FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3615
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