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Gunner ERNEST WILLIAM GAINS

Service Number: 8725
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"D" Bty. 256th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

A. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin James and Emily Rose Gains, of 11, Chippendale St., Clapton Park, London.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR ONE FROM MORN TILL NIGHT WE THINK OF THEE MUM AND DAD
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