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Private JOHN WILLIAM MILNER

Service Number: 201723
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

IV. H. 21/22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 185th T.M. Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and S. T. Milner, of 11, Avenue Terrace, Clifton, York.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1356
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