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John (Jack) Heaps

Details

Forename John (Jack)
Surname Heaps
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 27
Address 7 Organ Street
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Spinner at Mather Lane Spinning Company
Regiment Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 59th Bde
Day of Death 30
Month of Death March
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Denain Communal Cemetery
Regiment Number 68697
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Thomas. Form 20474 Lancs Fusiliers. 2 brothers Thomas and Harry also serving
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 17/5/18 - missing LJ 17/1/19 - death
LJ 13/12/18 -returned POW (Is this true)