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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY SWITZER

Service Number: 44513
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

"B" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

VI. A. 51.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Clara Switzer, of Westminster, London.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE MY BOY THE LOVING WISH FROM US ALL MOTHER & DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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