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Private A RAINBOW

Service Number: G/18864
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 January 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. N. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Elizabeth Rainbow, of Meppershall, Beds; husband of Lucy Rainbow, of Mill Cottage, Hitchin St., Biggleswade, Beds.
  • Personal Inscription FOR THOSE WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1466
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