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Private ARTHUR JAMES PAINTING

Service Number: 11960
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 December 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOP STORE CEMETERY

Plot I. Row E. Grave 31.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Amy Painting, of 218, Yardley Rd., Acocks Green, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE, HE GAVE HIS ALL, THAT THE HONOUR OF ENGLAND SHOULD NEVER FALL. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOP STORE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 249
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