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Private WILLIAM BRABANT LAWTON

Service Number: 6095776
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER-LE-STREET (ROPERY LANE) CEMETERY

Sec. I. Grave 12.

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: David Tennick

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Brabant Gray Lawton and Sarah Lawton, of Chester-le-Street.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY. WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER-LE-STREET (ROPERY LANE) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 49
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