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Private JOSEPH SHOTTON

Service Number: 12785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVI. B. 6A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Harriet Shotton, of 35, Robinson St., Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

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