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221788

Spr. John Booth

British Army 171st Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers

from:Chorley

(d.6th Nov 1917)

John Booth, born 1870, was a miner at Coppull, Lancashire and was married with four children. He enlisted initially in the 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and served in France and Belgium. He was gassed, sent to Scotland to recuperate, thence to the South of England. John was seconded to the RE (171st TC) He was killed by shellfire, and is buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium, he was 47 years old.



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