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Private JOHN BASIL THOMAS WIMMS

Service Number: 3828
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st/1st Bucks Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. C. 4A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Adopted son of Samuel and Sarah Ablett, of 82, Erith Rd., Bexley Heath, Kent. Born at Guernsey.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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