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Lance Corporal JOSEPH WAINWRIGHT

Service Number: 1868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

2.C.24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Joseph Wainwright, of 2, Milton St., Hulme, Manchester; husband of Harriet Ann Louise Heydon (fomlerly Wainwright), of 7, Havana St., Key West St., Beswick, Manchester.

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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4040
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