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• Name SHOTTON
• Initials J
• First name JOSEPH
• Place of birth Bishop Auckland
• Country Durham, England
• Last residence Burnley
• Family Two brothers, John and Edward, also served;
  Husband of Harriet Shotton, of 35, Robinson St., Burnley; one child
• Profession Worked at Reedley Pit

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment September 1914, Nelson
• Service number 12785
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 7th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 56th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 19th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 28 December 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds (gas)
• Date of death 13 July 1917
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVI - B - 6A

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