2182350 Private Wilfred John TANNER, Aux. Mil. Pioneer Corps: 7/06/1940

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TANNER, WILFRED JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 2182350
Date of Death: 17/06/1940
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Aux. Mil. Pioneer Corps
Cemetery: RENNES EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Sec. 18. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 75.
Additional Information: Son of Henry Tanner, and of Edith Tanner, of Kinson, Bournemouth, Hampshire.

 

From a family tree it shows that his father died the same year

Name Henry Tanner
Birth Date abt 1882
Date of Registration Dec 1940
Age at Death 58
Registration district Bath
Inferred County Somerset
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Killed during the Rennes Train Bombing I bet.
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