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Private JOHN WILLIAM WIGNALL

Service Number: 757221
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1917

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOSSE NO.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE

II. A. 40.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Jane Wignall, of 9, Fraser Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS NO NOBLER SACRIFICE THAN A LIFE OF SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

FOSSE NO.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 471
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