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Private WALTER KERSHAW

Service Number: 242949
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

IV. C. 85.

France

Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy: re-dedication ceremony for Fusilier Edward Graham - taken by Konstantinos Alexandropoulos and Andrea Comacchio, MA, 4 October 2017 (ref. ID Case 222)

Photographer: Konstantinos Alexandropoulos and Andrea Comacchio

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Willie and Martha H. Kershaw, of 25, Kirkgate Terrace, Birkenshaw, Bradford, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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