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Name:

Arthur McCAIN

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

10747

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Gateshead, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

6th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

West Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

22 Burrows Cottage, Main Street, West Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Saturday 22nd January 1916

Place of Death:

In hospital.

Battle/Campaign:

Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaign, 1915.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey - reference K. 72

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 12th February 1916.

Family Details:

Son of John James and E F McCain, of 205 Charlie Street, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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