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Private JOHN RICHARD WHITWORTH

Service Number: 33389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX

II. E. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Nancy Whitworth; husband of Ellen Annie Whitworth, of 8, Brown St., Bacup, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2073
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