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Private ERNEST WAINWRIGHT

Service Number: 4691683
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 09 June 1940 and 23 June 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wilfred and Alice Wainwright, of Ossett, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET HE IS EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. GOODNIGHT AND GOD BLESS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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