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Second Lieutenant HENRY WILLIAM WELLINGS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. M. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Cross of St. George 3rd Class (Russia). Son of Henry and Margaret Wellings, of Station Rd., Four Ashes, near Wolverhampton. Formerly a trooper in the "Carabiniers", he was granted a commission for his bravery in the battle of Messines, Oct.-Nov., 1914. Native of Shrewsbury.
  • Personal Inscription OUR KING AND OUR COUNTRY TO SAVE. OH, WHO WOULD NOT DIE WITH THE BRAVE.
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