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Private W WHALLEY

Service Number: 22324
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 June 1916

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. B. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Martha and the late James Whalley, of 6, Meadow Lane, Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS NO GREATER HONOUR THAN THAT HE SHOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1182
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