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John Armstrong - SWB

Details

Forename John
Surname Armstrong - SWB
Middle Name George
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 31
Address 6 Hornby Street, Wigan
Parents' Address as above
Township Wigan
Rank Lance Corporal
Occupation or place of work Colliery deputy undermanager
Regiment South Wales Borderers 2nd Battallion
Day of Death 1
Month of Death July
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Thiepval Memorial
Regiment Number 24708
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Born in Chorley, son of John and Mary Alice
Father was a Colliery undermanager
Formerly 49769 RAMC

Ref: CWGC, Ancestry