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Private GILBERT WAILES

Service Number: 5877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1916

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITCLIFFE CEMETERY

A. 103.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Isaac and Sabina Wailes, of 6, Tennyson Place, Cleckheaton.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF 29943 PTE. H. WAILES 1/6TH BN. WEST RIDING REGT. 14TH APRIL 1918 AGE 24
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITCLIFFE CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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