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Gunner JOHN SMITH

Service Number: 53446
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

124th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. E. 16A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Mary Agnes Smith, of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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