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Private WILLIE HIRST

Service Number: 53429
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

15th/17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

Steenwerck Ger. Cem. Mem. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ruth Elizabeth Hirst, of Clarke Lane, Meltham, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 553
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