World War I Commonwealth War Grave

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World War I Commonwealth War Grave

Image: © Matthew Hatton Taken: 9 Feb 2014

One of a dozen or so headstones marking thoses who fought in WW1 & never returned home. Most are from the Yorkshire Regiment (which is logical) but this chap belonged to the South Staffs Regiment. The Porrits were a local family, from Lingdale.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.542865
Longitude
-0.978552