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Second Lieutenant JOHN COLLINGS SUMMERS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

120th Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Summers, of Weston-super-Mare; husband of Hilda Mary Summers, of 29, Athelstan Rd., Clive Vale, Hastings.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS FINISHED FLING WIDE THE GOLDEN GATE AND LET THE VICTOR IN
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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