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Private W DAKIN

Service Number: 55819
Regiment & Unit/Ship

City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

1st/1st

Date of Death

Died 15 February 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

C. 145.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Emma Dakin, of Trusthorpe, Mablethorpe, Lincs. Born at Derby.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2004
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