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Private PERCY BILLING

Service Number: 37210
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row E. Grave 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Margaret Billing, of 99, Carrhill Road, Mossley, nr. Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT GREATER SACRIFICE COULD HE GIVE THAN HIS BRIGHT YOUNG LIFE.
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 180
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