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Private JOHN OPENSHAW

Service Number: 21432
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st Garrison Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BURY CEMETERY, REDVALES

15. A. 1314.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Openshaw, of 16, Springfield St., Heywood.
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Buried or commemorated at

BURY CEMETERY, REDVALES
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 145
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