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Lieutenant WILLIAM THOMAS BLACK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2

I. J. 38.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Royal Engineers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Charlotte Black, of 9, The Terrace, Woodford Green, Essex. His brother Leslie Gordon Black also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 599
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