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Private JOHN SELKIRK

Service Number: 12667
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXIV. F. 3A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Selkirk. Born Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription HOW BRIGHT THESE GLORIOUS SPIRITS SHINE WHENCE ALL THEIR WHITE ARRAY?
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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