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Gunner WALTER GARRETT

Service Number: 66317
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

63rd Bty.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

Plot VII, Shaiba Cem. Mem.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Henry and Jane Garrett, of Brotton, Yorks. Born in Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WHO WAS BURIED AT THE TIME IN SHAIBA CEMETERY BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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