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Private HAROLD GORTON

Service Number: 32799
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NIEUWPOORT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. A. 18.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Emily Gorton, of 88, St. Ives Rd., Rusholme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription ALL HIS BRIGHT HOPES LIE HERE
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Buried or commemorated at

NIEUWPOORT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 101
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