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Private JOHN PERRY PILKINGTON

Service Number: 15604
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

XII. D. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emily Margaret Pilkington, of Buxton, and the late Samuel Pilkington; husband of Amy Alice Atkinson (formerly Pilkington), of 1, Gatey's Yard, Keswick, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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