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L/Cpl. John William "Jack" Potts
British Army 175th Machine Gun Corps
from:Thornley
(d.26th September 1917)
John William Potts was my great uncle. He was the dearly beloved son of John William and Agnes Mary Potts, 13 Post Office Street, Thornley. He was a bugler and a Vickers Machine gunner. He was born in Gladstone, Durham in 1898. He was killed at Polygon Woods, France near Ypres, on 26/09/1917 aged 19 years.