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Corporal JOHN WALTER SMITH

Service Number: G/5663
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. R. 13A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Ann Smith, of Carlton Grange, Brinkley, nr. Newmarket, Cambs.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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