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Private FRANCIS JAMES GATENBY

Service Number: 4460805
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 2.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Margaret Gatenby, of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET MEMORIES FROM THOSE WHO THOUGHT THE WORLD OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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