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Private JOHN GILBERTHORPE

Service Number: 2931
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

C. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Alice Gilberthorpe, of 16, Paignton Rd., Rotton Park, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription LOVINGLY REMEMBERED UNTIL THE DAY DAWN AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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