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Lance Bombardier JOHN GAINLEY

Service Number: 1801499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

93 (6th Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY

I, A, 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jack and Ellen Gainley; husband of Rose Gainley, of Shepherd's Bush, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY MY DEAR HUSBAND JOHN. I DWELL IN THE MEMORY OF DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN

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Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 738
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