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Sapper JOHN WALES

Service Number: 176449
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

289th Army Troops Coy.

Date of Death

Died 23 February 1919

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLINTON PARISH CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Martha Wales; husband of Isabella Wales, of Hailes Quarry, Slateford, Edinburgh. Born at Corstorphine, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES FOND MEMORY CLINGS
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