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Serjeant JOHN WHAILING

Service Number: 13005166
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Aux. Mil.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1940

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHATEAU-D'OLONNE CHURCHYARD

Grave 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Bridget Whailing; husband of Clara Whailing, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY CALLED HIM HE ANSWERED THAT CALL. A GREAT DEED NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHATEAU-D'OLONNE CHURCHYARD
Vendee France
Number of casualties: 7
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