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a soldier of the border regiment
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Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour

Full Name Richard Jefferson
Rank (highest) Sergeant
Service Number 19460
Company A Company
Battalion 11th Battalion (Lonsdale)
Regiment Border Regiment
Enlisted / Commissioned 30 May 1915 / Carlisle, Cumberland
Theatre(s) of War France and Flanders
Born Cockermouth, Cumberland
Nationality English
Spouse(s) Maria Kenyon / m.1913 / Carlisle
Parents Thomas and Margaret Jefferson (nee Bell)
Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead
Died 4 July 1917
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Burial Type Grave
Reference Number I.A.6.
Resting Place Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery
Commemorated in perpetuity by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Coordinates Latitude: 51.12921 / Longitude: 2.76410
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