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Private WILLIAM CRESSWELL

Service Number: 19170
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD

I. A. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Hannah Cresswell, of 26, Shepley St., Hyde, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1026
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