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Private WILLIAM HENRY COLTON

Service Number: 3904
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

Prince of Wales Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

VI. E. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Rawding Colton and Jane Colton, of 90, South St., Princes Park, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S OWN KEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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