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Private WILLIAM ALEXANDER PLAYFORD

Service Number: 33851
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1918

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

F. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Mary Ann Playford, of Tynemouth, North Shields; husband of Margaret C. Playford, of 79, Elsdon Terrace, Percy Main, North Shields.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE THAN THIS HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 217
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