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Private WILLIAM HENRY PAINTER

Service Number: 10784
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART

G. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Rose Painter, of Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription HEAVEN'S CHIMES ARE SLOW BUT SURE TO STRIKE AT LAST
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 548
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