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Private WILLIAM HENRY ASKEW

Service Number: 16217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 March 1916

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot I. Row E. Grave 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom

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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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