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Private FRANCIS MARSHALL COOMBS

Service Number: SD/1293
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

XXXI. D. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Rosina Elizabeth Mockford (formerly Coombs), of 21, Carlton Rd., Eastbourne, and the late Marshall James Coombs.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY PRECIOUS BOY THE LIFE AND JOY OF MY HEART BUT GOD TOOK HIM HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 7661
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