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Private JOHN ROBERT WILD

Service Number: 15923
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXII. K. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Robert and Elizabeth Wild, of "Joycedene," The Crescent, Flixton, Manchester. Native of Pendleton. Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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