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Driver WILLIAM OLD

Service Number: 959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st (Wessex) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1915

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

A. 9. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Sarah Ann Old, of Weston; husband of Matilda Elizabeth Old, of 2, Lansdown View, Weston, Bath.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 3083
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