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Sapper J R SHORT

Service Number: 1061
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 02 January 1920

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY

C. C. 119.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Ann Short; husband of Catherine Short, of 47, Henry St., Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO HIS WIFE CATHERINE 10TH MAY 1978 AGE 88 AND HIS SON JOHN SJT 2574941 ROYAL SIGNALS 13TH MAY 2013 AGE 93
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 227
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