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Bernard Arthur Wass
Private 1995
1st Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Inf
Bernard Arthur Wass died on 13th April 1918, aged 19 years, and was remembered on the PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
He was born on King Street, Sutton on 12th November 1898, to parents William and Ada Wass. William Wass was a Bricklayer, who married Ada Wall at St John's Church, Mansfield, in December 1893. On the 1901 census the family were living on Jefford's Yard, King Street, Sutton, but by the time of Bernard's death they resided at 54 Alfred Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry’
WASS
Bernard Arthur. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield,
Notts, enlisted Mansfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). 1st Bn.,
Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, Private
1995, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 13th April 1918. Formerly
36047 North Staffs. Regt.
Research by Heather Faulkes