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Lance Corporal JOHN LYON SMITHIES

Service Number: 434409
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

549th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOWNHAM (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD

South-West part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Elizabeth Smithies, of White House, Downham.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

DOWNHAM (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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