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Second Lieutenant JOHN De COURCY STRETTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE VERTANNOY BRITISH CEMETERY, HINGES

B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. William De C. Stretton (late Royal Artillery), and Mrs. Caroline Beata Stretton, of Park Hill House, Paignton, Devon. Born at Salcombe, Devon. His brother Alexander Lynham De Courcy Stretton also fell.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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