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John Gaskell

Private

Service No. 43857

Age 19

Died on 12 October 1916

Manchester Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Richard and Sarah Jane Gaskell, of 119, Scot Lane, Newtown, Wigan.

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