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Private JOSEPH THOMAS WAKELIN

Service Number: 14202453
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Laura Nellie Wakelin, of Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription WE OFTEN DREAM OF HOME AND CALL IT HEAVEN, WE WAKE TO FIND THAT HEAVEN IS HOME

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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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