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Guardsman WALTER ELLIS RAINS

Service Number: 2664363
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

II. F. 26.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Phoebe Rains, of Bentley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY MAM, DAD, KATH, PHYLLIS, JACK AND GLADYS
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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