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Lance Serjeant JOHN SPENCE

Service Number: 280053
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, BOISLEUX-ST. MARC

II. E. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mrs. Lucy Crawford Spence, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, BOISLEUX-ST. MARC
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 420
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