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Private JOHN LONGSTAFFE

Service Number: 50365
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Martha Longstaffe, of 18, Renshaw St., Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription FAR DEARER TO MEMORY THAN WORDS CAN TELL SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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