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Wheeler Emmiel Private 8126

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/18348

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SKR/DAT/IP/18348
Title
Wheeler Emmiel Private 8126
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: Wheeler;

Forename(s): Emmiel;

Initials: E;

Number: 8126;

Rank: Private;

Born in: Leeds;

Enlisted in: Liverpool;

Resided in: Birkenhead;

Previous Number: 32536;

Previous Regiment: Liverpool Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 36 Bn;

How killed: D;

Where: Germany;

When killed: 27-Jul-1918;

Other Data: b 4/6/1891
Portrait: Birkenhead News 1/2/1919
War Office Casualty List 21/5/1918 (posted missing)
War Office Casualty List 10/9/1918 (known POW)
POW Germany 24/3/1918 Colincourt "C" Coy
ICRC Ref: PA25157/30166
5 West View Lower Tranmere, Birkenhead;

Other Notes: WHEELER, Private, EMMIEL, 8126. 36th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 27th July 1918. Age 28. Son of Mrs. Mary Louisa Wheeler, of 36, Breary Banks, Masham, Ripon, Yorks. VIII. E. 3. Cologne Southern Cemetery - Koln(Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany.36 Coy
NB: 36 BN not Coy;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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Wheeler Emmiel Private 8126