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Private JOHN WILLIAM BANKS

Service Number: 1751
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

VIII. M. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Foster son of Mr. J. T. Walsh, of 95, Bolton Rd., Bradford.

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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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