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Private JOHN LAWRENCE COOKSON

Service Number: 52595
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane Cookson, of 125, Tutketh Rd., Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancs. Born at Preston.
  • Personal Inscription HE TRIED TO DO HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SOUPLET BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 747
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