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Surname: WRENCH
Forename(s): John Walton
Place of Birth: Duffield, Derbyshire
Service No: 28064
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Grenadier Guards
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: Guards Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1925-07-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: SILSDEN (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Walton Wrench (born on the 19 May 1893, at Derby Road, Duffield, Derbyshire), was the son of Thomas and Beatrice Wrench, née McConville. Thomas was born in the Staffordshire Potteries and Beatrice at Otley, Yorkshire.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 13, Bridge Road - John Walton, aged 7 years, born Derby, son of Thomas and Beatrice Walton. [The surname Wrench is not used in this, or the 1911 Census.]
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 12, Highfield Lane - John Walton, aged 17 years, born Belper, Derbyshire, son of Thomas and Beatrice Walton.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gdsn John W. Wrench, 28064, G. Gds.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gdsn John Walton Wrench, 28064, 1 G. Gds.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for John. Date of Discharge: 5 March 1919. Disabilities: G.S.W. head.
John died 5 July 1925, aged 32 years and buried 7 July. His address is given in the burial register as 12, Highfield Lane, Silsden.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR - WOUNDED AND MISSING
Pte. John Walton Wrench, of the Grenadier Guards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walton Wrench, of 12, Highfield Lane, Silsden, has been wounded in the head and thigh and is in hospital at Leeds. He is 24 years of age and has been out in France about 16 months. Mr. and Mrs. Walton Wrench have three other sons serving.
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26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Silsden Soldiers Wounded
Pte. John Walton Wrench, of the Grenadier Guards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walton Wrench, of 12, Highfield Lane, Silsden, has been wounded in the head and thigh, and is in hospital at Leeds. He is 24 years of age, and had been out in France about 16 months. Mr. and Mrs. Wrench have three other sons serving, Pte. Joe Wrench, of the Motor Transport, Pte. Walton Wrench, of the Royal Garrison Artillery, who has been in France two and a half years, and Pte. Edward Walton Wrench, of the Coldstream Guards
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