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Second Lieutenant JOHN GILBERT OVERMAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. H. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gilbert Wellesley Overman and Mary Overman, of The Manor House, Weasenham, St. Peter, King's Lynn.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1298
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