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Private John Morton

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Military service

Service number: 79252
Age: 35
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Bn.
Birth: August 21, 1880
Death: April 6, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: I. A. 26.
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Son of John and Mary Morton, of Launceston, Cornwall, England; husband of Laura May Morton, of Ilfracombe, Devon, England.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 139 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY Belgium

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY is located 3 Km east of Ieper town centre, on the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen.

From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.

The cemetery itself is located 2.5 Km along the Meenseweg on the right hand side of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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