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Private JOHN RICHARD KERSHAW

Service Number: 60276
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st (Garr.) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1917

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

D. 157.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Kershaw, of Croston, Preston, Lancs; husband of M. A. Kershaw, of "Nithsdale," 10, Blackburn Rd., Ayr. Enlisted at Dumfries, June, 1893, and served with the 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers until March, 1907. Awarded India Medal (Relief of Chitral, 1895, Punjab Frontier and Tirah, 1897-8).
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