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Private ERNEST CLAXTON

Service Number: 14655
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

Sp. Mem. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Sarah Claxton, of 154, King's Rd., Harrogate, Yorks. Born at Knayton, Thirsk.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1573
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