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Sapper BENJAMIN GAINES

Service Number: 829389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Engineers

1st Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY

III. D. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Husband of Laura Gaines, of 83, Hall Lane Cottages, Thornhill, Dewsbury, England.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING HUSBAND A FATHER KIND A TREASURED MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 206
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