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Private JOHN WILLIAM RAY

Service Number: 302249
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Misery Chateau German Cem. Mem. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ray; husband of Jane Ann Ray, of 2, St. Vincent St., Gateshead. Born at Gateshead.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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