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Lance Serjeant JOHN WILLIAM SCHEELS

Service Number: 11142
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVISIONAL COLLECTING POST CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

I. C. 20.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Albertha Arthur (formerly Scheels), of 6, Inverness Buildings, Hill St., Hull.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVISIONAL COLLECTING POST CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 765
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