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Lance Corporal GEORGE ERNEST ORTON

Service Number: 12663
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

VI. E. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Catherine Orton, of Aberdeen House, 81, Holly Walk, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH"
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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