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Private JOHN WILLIAM MAYERS

Service Number: 52658
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

XV. D. 8.

France

Photos of sites in the Netherlands shared by Jack Sheeran, September 2019: Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. Images taken in relation to production 'Arnhem' podcast, episode 6 in a series of 'Legacy of Liberation' podcasts produced by the CWGC to mark the 75th anniversary of a number of major battles and events during the Second World War.

Photographer: Jack Sheeran

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Martha Jane Mayers, of 3, Manor Rd., Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription "FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU" PETER V.7
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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