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Serjeant SYDNEY WATSON FEATHERSTONE

Service Number: 2403
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

Sp. Mem. B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Charles and Jane Harriet Featherstone, of "West Normans", Park Avenue, Castleford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS THEY THAT ARE LEFT WILL GROW OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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