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Private JOHN HENRY DEWHURST

Service Number: 23760
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

II. F. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Haworth and Hannah Dewhurst, of Irwell Vale, Edenfield, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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