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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM MAURICE COLE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY

V. D. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Lydia Mary Cole, of 5, Anerley Park, Anerley, London. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Charterhouse Square. Arrived in France with Artists' Rifles, Feb., 1916.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL FOR GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1101
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