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Private ALFRED WILLIAM SYMES

Service Number: 29210
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. G. 1A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Martha Symes, of 54, King St., Portland, Dorset.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ALL PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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