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Private WILLIAM EDWARD SNOWDON

Service Number: 14140
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

IX. D. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret J. Snowdon, of 22, Cowper St., Southwick, Sunderland, and the late Richard Snowdon.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND

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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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