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Private JOHN SILK

Service Number: 303400
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

A. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Eliza Silk; husband of Teresa Silk, of 14, Wesley St., Ancoats, Manchester. Native of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING HUSBAND GOOD AND KIND A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 217
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