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Private J FRANCE

Service Number: 17894
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. A. 57.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Eliza France, of 60, Bottom o' th' Moor, Oldham, Lancs. Formerly of Denton, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription OH FOR A TOUCH OF THE VANISHED HAND AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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