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Lance Corporal LAURENCE WILLIAM UPTON

Service Number: M2/178194
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Service Corps

711th Mechanical Transport Coy.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

III. E. 2.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. "D" Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Upton, of Barnby Dun, and the late William Upton; husband of Bertha Upton, of Barnby Dun, Doncaster.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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