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Sgt John Huitson
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:51, Princes St, North Shields
(d.2nd Sep 1917)
Huitson, John. Serjeant, 19/225. Taken prisoner 24th August 1916. Later reported as died of wounds in Lazarett (hospital), Langensalza POW camp on 2nd September 1917. Aged 22 years.
Buried in Niederzwehren, Prisoner of War cemetery, Kassel,Hessen, Germany, in grave VI. M. 9. In 1922-3, this cemetery received 225 burials from the No 1 & 2 Langensalza POW cemeteries.
Son of Euphemia Huitson, of 51, Princes St, North Shields, and the late Robert Huitson.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.