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Private FRANK RAINS

Service Number: 6347173
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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I. R. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sarah Ann Rains; husband of Queenie Irene Rains, of Sittingbourne, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE HE FOUGHT AND FELL. HOW MUCH WE MISS HIM WE CANNOT TELL
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Buried or commemorated at

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Somme France
Number of casualties: 888
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