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Sapper JOHN HERBERT PARFITT

Service Number: 552407
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

518th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND

Sp. Mem. VIII. E. 16. Buried near this spot.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Beatrice Ellen Parfitt, of 15, Lintaine Grove, West Kensington, London; husband of Ellen May Parfitt, of 374, Fulham Palace Rd., Fulham, London.
  • Personal Inscription STEEL-TRUE AND BLADE-STRAIGHT THE GREAT ARTIFICER MADE MY MATE
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Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1550
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