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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HORACE GORDON COMPTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 186th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 17.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. William Henry Compton (R.A.M.C.), and Gertrude Compton, of Southampton.
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Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 953
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