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Private JOSEPH ROBERT GORDON GAINS

Service Number: 6295879
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XI. C. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Gordon Gains and Thursa Gains; husband of Elizabeth Ellen Gains, of Cornforth, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES A DARLING HUSBAND AND DADDY WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE. HIS WIFE AND BABY RITA
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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