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Gunner JOHN GRAINGER

Service Number: 14272801
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

78 (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY

V. B. 20.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Harriet Grainger, of Widdrington, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription I TALKED OF HIS RETURNING AND LONGED TO CLASP HIS HAND BUT GOD HAS WILLED WE WAIT TO MEET IN A BETTER LAND
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Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1152
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