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Private WILLIAM HENRY ASKEW

Service Number: 15723
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 July 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row E. Grave 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Matthew Askew and Mrs. W. Clark, of Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE.
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Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 230
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