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Private JACK HEADFORD

Service Number: 24120
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

V. G. 20.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Kate Headford, of Sheffield; husband of Elsie Headford, of 511, Rockingham Lane, Sheffield. He enlisted as a Drummer Boy, in 1911, and proceeded to France with his Unit in 1914.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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