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Private WILLIAM CLEARY

Service Number: 31131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY

II. L. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Madeline Barnsley (formerly Cleary), of 9, Dawson Street, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER WIFE & SON
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3448
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