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Pte. John McFarlane
British Army 4th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool, England
(d.22nd May 1918)
John McFarlane was the son of William and Margaret McFarlane, of 14, Gerard Street, Byrom Street, Liverpool. He served with the King's Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion. A pre-war Territorial soldier who had been serving on the Western Front for three years McFarlane evidently decided that he had had enough and deserted the lines.He was executed for desertion on 22nd May 1918, aged 27. He is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery in Belgium.