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Major ALFRED OSBORN WRAITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

254th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ald. G. H. Wraith, J.P. and F. L. Wraith, of Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Went as Mining Engineer to South Africa in 1911. Fought in German South West Africa. Landed in France Nov.,.
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Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 953
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