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Sgt. John Donaldson
British Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.8th July 1916)
Sergeant John Donaldson, was my great uncle, who worked in the local railway yards.
He enlisted in 1914, and embarked on 25th August 1915 for France. John was killed in action on 8th July 1916 attacking Bailiff Wood, near Contalmasion. Sadly, his body was never recovered and is remembered on Thiepval Memorial.