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Private JOHN WILLIAM LAWTON

Service Number: 280806
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XXI. D. 50.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Lawton, of 31, Burlington Rd., Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY SWEET TILL AGAIN WE MEET
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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