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Private HARRY WILSON

Service Number: 21923
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

118th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 24. (Coll. Grave).

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emily Scott (formerly Wilson), of 3, Bowdon St., Stockport, and the late Harry Wilson.
  • Personal Inscription IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES FAR AWAY FROM THOSE WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY NEVER FORGOTTEN.
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Buried or commemorated at

MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 488
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