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Private WILLIAM RUSSELL

Service Number: 1137
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART

G. 34.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Edith Russell, of Brooklyn, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Native of Plate Cove, Newfoundland.
  • Personal Inscription GRANT HIM LORD ETERNAL REST WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE BLEST
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Buried or commemorated at

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