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Corporal JOHN ELLIS

Service Number: 121908
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 January 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. G. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Emma Turton (formerly Ellis), of 3, Bell Lane Terrace, Ackworth Moor Top, Pontefract, Yorks, and the late William James Ellis.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST BUT GOD HAS GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD CONTAINED
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 240
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