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Private WILLIAM ODDY

Service Number: 2541
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY

II. E. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Oddy, of 2, Morton Parade, Westgate End, Wakefield, and the late George Oddy.
  • Personal Inscription SILENTLY SLEEPING UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 531
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