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Lance Corporal BURTON POPPLETON

Service Number: 15/1251
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

15th/17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

II. C. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joe and Mary Ann Poppleton, of Featherstone, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD, BUT 'TIS TRUE WE CANNOT TELL WHY THE BEST ARE THE FIRST TO DIE
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