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Second Lieutenant W J TANKARD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

4th Bn. attd. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT

VIII. J. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late William Joseph and Margaret Tankard; husband of Etty Tankard, of 69, Kelso Rd., Fairfield, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3187
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