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Serjeant SAMUEL WAGSTER

Service Number: 18046
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1916

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot I. Row F. Grave 25.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Volunteer Officers' Decoration
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Wagster, of Manchester; husband of Louisa E. Wagster, of 73, Boston Street, Hulme, Manchester. Served for 18.5 years in Manchester Artillery.
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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