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Lance Corporal JOE GAVINS

Service Number: 17/715
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VIII. C. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Joe and Emma Gavins; husband of Annie Gavins, of 25, Sydenham Place, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 572
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