Capt. John de Courcy Stretton
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Information from the Roll of Honour
Parish
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Surname
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Initials
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Award
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Rank
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Ship or Regiment
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Place of Death
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Date of Death
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Salcombe
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Stretton
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John de Courcy
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M.C.
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Capt.
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R. Warwick. Regt.
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France
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An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
Further Information from Contributors
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RoH Ref.
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8214
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Forename
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John de Courcy
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Surname
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Stretton
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Rank or Rating
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Service Number(s)
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808979
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Father
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William De Courcy Stretton
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Mother
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Beata Caroline (nee Stead)
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Wife
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Date of Birth
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22
May
1891
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Where Born
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Christleton, Cheshire
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Date Baptised
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21
June
1891
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Ship or Regiment
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Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 3rd Battalion attd. 1st Battalion
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Date of Death
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11
May
1918
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Place of Death
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Grave or Memorial
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Remarks
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Formerly a member of the Canadian Royal North Western Mounted Police. Attested to join the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on 14 May 1916. Initially with the 137th Battalion before being transferred to the Divisional Cyclists Corps. Appointed to a commission in the Imperial Army 14 September 1917 (London Gazette). His brothers, Alexander Lynam de Courcy Streeton, Conrad de Courcy Stretton, William Stapleton de Courcy Streeton, also fell
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Contributor
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PB, Dee Tracey