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Private WILLIAM GEORGE SAMPSON

Service Number: 54738
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Medical Corps

47th Field Amb

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

I. C. 23.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Esther Sampson, of 8, George St. Gardens, Brighton, Sussex. Born Eastbourne.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE SAVING A COMRADE THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 974
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