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John J Ritson, Private served with Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1st Bn. The Tyneside Scottish.
Service number: '4455991'. Date of death: 1944-07-09. Age: 25. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XXIII. A. 7..
SON OF JOHN AND JANE RITSON; HUSBAND OF DAISY RITSON, OF LINTZ COLLIERY, CO. DURHAM.
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