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Name:

Mark CAWTHORN

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Corporal

Initials:

Service No.:

13312

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham

Age at Death:

Unit:

17th Bn Durham Light Infantry.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

45 Hawthorn Road, Bleach Green, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

91 George Street, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Monday 6th December 1915

Place of Death:

France

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. St Cuthbert's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

X Farm Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres, France.

Buried:

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 25th December 1915. Blaydon Courier, page 7, 6th May 1916.

Family Details:

Husband of Elizabeth Cawthorn of 45 Hawthorn Road, Bleach Green, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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