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Private GEORGE WILD

Service Number: 8335
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row E. Grave 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas W. and Harriet H. Wild, of 18, Peel Grove, Longsight, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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