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Private W VANES

Service Number: 73204
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH CEMETERY

I. K. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Vanes, of 20, Hill St., Kates Hill, Dudley, Worcs.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 425
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