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Rank & Name
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Corporal George Albert Joynes MM
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Unit
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No. 11113, 19th Company, Labour Corps.
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How & When Died
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Died, 27 October 1917
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Age, if known
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23 years
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Next of Kin details
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Son of G. and Annie E. Joynes, of Aberford Lane, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds.
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Commemoration Details
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Buried in Birr Crossroads Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium. Plot I, Row G, Grave 17.
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Other Information / Remarks
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George Joynes was awarded the Military Medal (3rd level award) which was announced in the London Gazette No. 30498, dated
Monday 28 January 1918. George Joynes' younger brother, Thomas J Joynes served as a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was wounded at the age of 18 and was previously employed by the Garforth Colliery Company.
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Photographs
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Remembering the Fallen of Two Villages on the Eastern Fringes of Leeds.
Site built by Nigel Marshall
Copyright 2006-7
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