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Gunner JOHN WILSON MEAKIN

Service Number: 1521469
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

451 Bty., 67 (6th Bn. The Welch Regt.) Searchlight Regt.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STOKE-ON-TRENT (BURSLEM) CEMETERY

Sec. B.S. Grave 101.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Emily Meakin, of Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING IN GOD'S BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

STOKE-ON-TRENT (BURSLEM) CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 131
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