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John French

Private

Service No. 15057

Age Unknown

Died on 26 October 1917

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

TYNE COT MEMORIAL

West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Husband of Winifred Maud French, of 3, Bridge St., Rugby.

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Henry Harrison

John, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Paul Tarry

John French's grandson Paul Tarry pays this tribute.

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John, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalions ...

Henry Harrison

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John French was killed in action on 26 October 1917. His daughter Violet Rose was born shortly before that on 2 October. So daughter and fat...

Paul Tarry

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