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Rflmn. John David Appleford MM

British Army 1st (Surrey Rifles) Btn. London Regiment

from:Sansom St., Camberwell, London

John David Appleford signed up at Flodden Road, Camberwell, London. He received the Military Medal aged 19 on 10th May 1916.

He survived the war, but shot himself in the chest with a service revolver in January 1919, being unable to get work. John took 10 months to die in hospital in Peckham, London. The coroner's verdict was "suicide whilst of unsound mind".



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