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Serjeant JOHN FIRTH

Service Number: 7522
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

I. P. 32.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Squire and Martha Firth, of Liversedge, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED NOBLY DOING HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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