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Private JOSEPH VERNON

Service Number: 31895
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

F. 26A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Jane Vernon, of Talbot Road, Brereton, Rugeley, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 362
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