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Private JOHN HENRY ELY

Service Number: 18342
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

"C" Coy. 11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 31.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Newport Ely and Annie M. Ely, of 25, Western Rd., st Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. Born at Hastings.
  • Personal Inscription A FAITH IN CHRIST AND GOD IN LIFE PASSION FOR ART ABHORRING STRIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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