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Captain JOHN WINGATE GREANY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

Adjt. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA MEMORIAL

Panel 30 and 64.

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of the late Surgeon-Gen. John Philip Greany, M.D. (I.M.S.). and of Agnes Norah Greany, of 31, Woodville Gardens, Ealing, London. Educated at Rugby School. First Classical Scholar at Queen's College, Oxford. Wounded in Aug., 1915, at Gallipoli. Wounded April, 5th, 1916, in the attempt to relieve Kut, but remained on duty.
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