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Captain JOHN LESLIE DERRICK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Panel 52 to 54.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. J. G. and Edith Derrick, of 2, Royal Crescent, Cheltenham. Enlisted in Public Schools University Bn. Royal Fusiliers in 1914. Gazetted 2nd Lt. Dec., 1914. Served in Egypt Jan.-July, 1916; France and Flanders July, 1916-Aug. 1917. Promoted Capt. July, 1917.
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