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Private R W GAINES

Service Number: 1190
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. A. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Ellen Gaines, of Ascot, Berks.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE ALWAYS IN OUR MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 549
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