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Private W J JINKS

Service Number: 15069
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

I. B. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. W. H. Jinks, of 26, Ketley Brook, Wellington, Salop.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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