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Private ROBERT LONGSTAFF

Service Number: 17/685
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane Longstaff, of Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham. Husband of M. E. Longstaff, of 78, Lewes Rd., Bank Top, Darlington.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HIS KING & COUNTRY HIS LIFE HE GAVE INTO HIS SAVIOUR'S KEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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