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Walter Groves

Details

Forename Walter
Surname Groves
Middle Name
Memorial Ince Cenotaph
Age 19
Address
Parents' Address 28 York Street, Higher Ince
Township Ince, Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Crompton & Shawcross's Pit Hindley
Regiment Manchester Regiment 21st Batt
Day of Death 6
Month of Death October
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Died of wounds at 41st Casualty clearing station France
Place of Burial Godewaersvelde British Cemetery
Regiment Number 51483
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Born in Barrow
Formerly 42138 Lancs Fus

Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 17/11/17