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Lance Corporal JOSEPH WALTER LAXTON

Service Number: 43785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

19th Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOURGEVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. B. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Hannah Laxton, of 3, Leadbeaters Cottages, Handsworth, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription O GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST OUR HOPE FOR YEARS TO COME
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Buried or commemorated at

TOURGEVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 315
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