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Private WILLIAM GRAINGER

Service Number: 38546
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

II. J. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred Grainger; husband of Lorina Grainger, of 6, Ely St., Lodge Rd., Armley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2688
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