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Personal data

• Name ATHERTON
• Initials JT
• First name JOHN THOMAS
• Place of birth Enfield
• Country Middx., England
• Family Son of Frank and Elizabeth Atherton, of Wigan.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Wigan
• Service number 21518
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
• Division - Brigade 3rd (Guards) Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division Guards Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 30 November 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the head, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 1 May 1916
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - B - 38

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