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Private JOHN ONIONS

Service Number: 1704
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

III. E. 21.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 146th Bn. Machine Gun Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Kate Onions, of Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription A DEAR LIFE LOST BUT MEMORY LIVES THROUGH ALL A TOKEN OF LOVE FROM THE FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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