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Private JOHN WAINWRIGHT

Service Number: 275612
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

5th/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. A. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of H. C. and Nellie Wainwright, of 297, Northenden Rd., Sale, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription INTO THY HANDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 764
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