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223267Pte. John Scrivens
British Army 1st Btn. The Border Regiment
from:Kirkby Stephen
(d.18 Mar 1916)
John joined the 11th Battalion but somehow ended up in the 1st Battalion being posted to Dardanelles. His ship sailed from Keyham Harbour on 24th May 1915 landed on 15th June.
On 23rd June he was admitted to Alexandria Hospital in Egypt (HQ for the Dardanelles Campaign) with Enteric contracted in the field. He was shipped back to England from Port Said on 16th September on the HMHS Runic arriving home on October 5th.
After a period of 63 days in England he was posted to France on 8th December with 2nd Battalion and was promoted to unpaid Lance Corporal on February 2nd 1916. He was in and out of hospital in France for fever of unknown origin and bronchitis. He was injured and died from his wounds on 18th March 1916.
He is remembered on a memorial in St Michaels Church in Brough and buried in Norfolk Cemetery at Becordel-Becourt, Somme. His mother had died in 1902 (she had John out of wedlock so father is unknown) and his half brother who was next of kin also killed in the war so his effects and his war medals were sent to his cousin Emily Scrivens (married and became Phillips) of Stoddah Farm Penrith.
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