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Private JOHN WILLIAM GENT

Service Number: 201248
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS

I. D. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Ann Gent, of 67, Prospect St., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Enlisted Feb.,1915.
  • Personal Inscription FROM THE GLOOM THE SUFFERER LOOKED AND BREATHED "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 748
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