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Captain JOHN ARTHUR WELBY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1917

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

I. K. 39.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Welby, of Southsea; husband of Olivia Florence J. Welby, of 38, Knutsford Drive, Cliftonville, Belfast. Served in the South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription OR EVER THE SILVER CORD BE LOOSED
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Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1220
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