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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--
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.
John Walton Wrench was buried on the 7 July 1925, aged 32 years and his address given in the burial register as 12, Highfield Lane, Silsden.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Guardsman John W. Wrench, 28064, Grenadier Guards.
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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