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Gunner W ROCHESTER

Service Number: 750572
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 64th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 05 December 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

III. A. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Rochester, of Burn Side, Matfen, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription I AM BUT A STRANGER HERE HEAVEN BE MY HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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