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Walter Henry Tainton

Biography

​Surname:  Tainton
Christian name(s):  Walter Henry
Date of birth:  27 September 1874
Place of birth:  Horsley, Gloucestershire
Parents:  Henry Tainton and Charlotte Guy
Wife:  Clara Jane Farmiloe
Date of marriage:  Registered first quarter 1895
Children:  Ernest Walter Henry; William; Albert; Charles; Percy
Pre-WW1 occupation:  Cowman
 
Rank:  Private
Number:  2869
Served:  2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals awarded:  1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
 
Date of death:  12 May 1915
Place of death:  Sanctuary Wood, near Ypres, Belgium
Commemorated: CWGC Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
War memorials:  Frampton on Severn War Memorial; Plaque in Frampton Village Hall

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