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Rifleman JOHN WILLIAM GRAINGER

Service Number: R/7068
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

III. D. 16.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Grainger, of 28, Gun Lane, Stoke Heath, Coventry. Native of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription WE OFTEN PAUSE TO THINK OF HIM FOR HE WAS WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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