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Private SAMUEL JOHN PINNEY

Service Number: CH/2186(S)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

III. D. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Martha Pinney, of Paper Mill Cottage, Buckfastleigh, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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