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Rifleman SIDNEY JOHN BAKEWELL

Service Number: 7659
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of John T. and Ellen Bakewell, of "Moss Dale," Shaws Lane, Lower Landywood, Great Wyrley, Walsall.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN FONDLY REMEMBERED BY MOTHER AND FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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