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Private JACK WAKEFIELD

Service Number: 2042706
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WORMHOUDT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row D. Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Florence Wakefield, of Nottingham; husband of Lily Wakefield.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE OUR GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

WORMHOUDT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 148
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