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Private JOSEPH STRETCH

Service Number: 21686
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row G. Grave 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Stretch, of 91, Rossall Street, Pendleton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription DEARER IN MEMORY THAN WORDS CAN TELL ARE THE THOUGHTS OF YOU WE LOVED SO WELL
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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