Lc. Cpl.
John Dorrian
Military Details
Service Number: 28512
Regiment & Unit / Ship
7th Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Preston
Residence at Enlistment
Preston, Lancashire.
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
7th
Service Number at Enlistment
20482
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1882
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
24. Crellin Street, Barrow, Lancashire,
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Cleator Moor
Parents
late John Dorrien d. 1887 and Mary (nee Hedley) m. 1875 in Whitehaven
Siblings
Catherine H, Ann J, and Josephine.
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Fitters Labourer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
13th September 1918
Age at Death
36
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Boulogne Military Hospital
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
7th
Rank at Death
Lc. Cpl.
Notes
in 1900 John Aged 19 enlisted in the Kings Own Royal Regiment serv no 6467
Buried or Commemorated at
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille
France
Grave Position: IV. A. 14.
Private Memorial: St Johns War memorial
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