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Lance Corporal SAMUEL JONES

Service Number: 8427
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

I. B. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of Phoebe Jones, of 12, Lower Darlington St., King's Hill, Wednesbury. Native of Wednesbury, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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