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Captain JOHN GOLDSMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. E. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Anastasia Goldsmith; husband of Evelyn Goldsmith. Born at Hambledon, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription "SAFE WHERE MEN FALL AND IF THESE POOR LIMBS DIE SAFEST OF ALL"
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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