G/4947 Corporal John Rota of the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers died of wounds on the 9th March 1918. He was 23 years old and the son of Louis and Catherine Rota of 39 Beach Road, Littlehampton, Sussex. He is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery Extension.
John Rota's medal index card notes his battalion as the 13th Royal Fusiliers and indicates that he had been overseas since the 9th March 1915. His number indicates that he joined the regiment towards the end of September 1914.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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