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Name:

Joseph WHEATLEY

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

38931

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Winlaton, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

9th Bn Princess Alexandra of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

South Grange Farm, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Thursday 7th June 1917

Place of Death:

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Ryton Holy Cross Church Shrine, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Congregational Church Roll of Honour, Barmoor, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Belgium. Panel 33.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 1917.

Family Details:

Husband of Mary Wheatley, of South Grange Farm, 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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