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Name:

Joseph Robinson GREENER

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

J R

Service No.:

51650

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Age at Death:

Unit:

21st Bn Manchester Regiment.

Former Unit(s):

40454 Durham Light Infantry.

Place Enlisted:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

Burnt Houses, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Greenside Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Saturday 27th October 1917

Place of Death:

Belgium

Battle/Campaign:

The Battles of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium, 1917. 2nd Battle of Passchendaele, 26th October – 10th November 1917.

Locally Commemorated:

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

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Reference Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 17th August 1918.

Family Details:

Eldest son of Mr and Mrs Greener, and brother of J W Greener, of Burnt Houses, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Missing since 28th October 1917. Presumed dead in August 1918.

Sources Used:

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

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