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Private WILLIAM RICHARD HOOPER

Service Number: 70471
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row E. Grave 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Annie Hooper, of 377, Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription STRONG AS A ROCK, THROUGH STRIFE AND FEAR, HE SERVED HIS LORD TILL DEATH.
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 180
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