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Gunner JOHN WILSON

Service Number: 37939
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

5th/6th Heavy Trench Mortar Bty.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

VI. B. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gibson and Ann Wilson, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription A HERO'S DEATH HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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