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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Wiper, J.S., Gnr., 1942

Photo: B. Chandler

In Newcastle upon Tyne (All Saints) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave with a private headstone of 2048823 Gunner John Scott Wiper serving with the 310 Battery 74 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery who died 05/02/1942.

The headstone reads:-

In loving memory of
Alexander Wiper
Died 22 May 1967 aged 72
His dear wife
Harriet Emma
Died 7 Sept. 1955 aged 61
Their son John Scott
Died 5 Feb. 1942 aged 27

He is remembered in Byker on B95.17


The CWGC entry for Gunner Wiper

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