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Company Serjeant Major WILLIAM JOHN TAFFE

Service Number: 5231
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1914

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

III. G. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Kate Taffe, of 78, Keldgate, Beverley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER
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Buried or commemorated at

ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 690
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