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Private HERBERT JOHN THIRKETTLE

Service Number: 36074
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

25th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEEDS (ARMLEY) CEMETERY

C. 956.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (166176) Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lily Thirkettle, of 26, Theaker Lane, Armley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription SOME TIME WE SHALL UNDERSTAND
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Buried or commemorated at

LEEDS (ARMLEY) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 69
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