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Gunner JOSEPH COOMBES

Service Number: 8569
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

155th East Cheshire Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. B. 36.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Fanny Coombes, of 41, Didsbury Rd., Heaton Norris, Stockport.
  • Personal Inscription NOTHING CAN EVER TAKE AWAY THE LOVE OUR HEARTS HOLD DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

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Somme France
Number of casualties: 1510
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