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Lance Corporal WILLIAM HARRIS

Service Number: 2909
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

L. 36.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Levi and E. Harris, of Trematon, Saltash, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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