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Rank : Lance Corporal

Army Number : 10466

Unit : 6th Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Hinckley, Leicestershire. Enlisted at Wrexham, Denbighshire. Served with the 6th Battalion during World War One, entering France on 29.7.1915. Died of wounds in France on 31.10.1916, aged 36 years. He is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Died of Wounds 31st October 1916
6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
Etaples Cemetery, France
Plot 12 Row B Grave 9
Age 36
Born Leicester Enlisted Wrexham Living in Hinckley
Brother of Annie Dunn, Christowe Street, Wrexham.
Leicestershire Roll of Honour (Leicester Cathedral)
1911 Census: he was living with his sister’s family at 15 Providence Place, Leicester and was employed as an Iron Foundry Labourer.
Medal Card Index: Victory Medal, British War Medal and 1914-1915 Star. He went to France on 29th July 1915.
Army Registers of Effects: His sister received a payment of £16 11s 9d on 27th February 1917 and a war gratuity of £9 10s on 6th October 1919.

Some of this information came from Hinckley & District Museum.

Date of Birth : c1880

Place of Birth : Leicester

Date of Death : 31.10.1916

Place of Death : France

Civil Occupation : Iron Foundry Labourer

Period of Service : 1914-16

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France