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Private JOHN WIMPENNY

Service Number: 305189
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 November 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHRINE CEMETERY, BUCQUOY

I. B. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. B. Wimpenny, of Chain Marsden, Huddersfield.
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Buried or commemorated at

SHRINE CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 90
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