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Private JOHN WADE HIRST

Service Number: 1452
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row E. Grave 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Marshall Hirst, of 48, Cobden Street, Bradford. Born at Leeds.
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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