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Lance Corporal JOHN LONGBOTTOM

Service Number: G/11256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY

G. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Ellen Longbottom, of 8, Stafford Terrace, Alverthorpe, Rd., Wakefield.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET MEMORIES NEVER FADE OF ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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