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Private JOHN WILLIAMSON GILBANK

Service Number: 15056
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXII. Q. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Mary Jane Gilbank, of Belby, Howden, Yorks. Native of Walkington, Beverley.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY

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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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