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Acting Bombardier WALTER ALBERT SPURWAY

Service Number: 115785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

233rd Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 05 January 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

II. D. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Spurway, of 180, Well Hall Rd., Eltham, London. Born at Dover.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COUNTRY CALLED HIM HE ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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