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Lance Corporal JOHN SMITH

Service Number: 268472
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 March 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY

III. D. 7.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas R. and Elizabeth Smith, of 57, Mayfield Rd., Oldham; husband of Annie Short (formerly Smith), of 11, Evelyn St., Oldham.
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Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 852
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