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Lieutenant CECIL GORDON SALMON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 June 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

BI. 20.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. Alexander Salmon and Elizabeth Salmon. Educated at Denstone College, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROW - A THRONE WHERE HONOUR MAY BE CROWNED
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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