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Rifleman JOHN FAIRHURST

Service Number: A/201130
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

"B" Coy. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. R. 10A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ellen and the late William Fairhurst, of 27, Higher Eanam, Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER
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