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Sapper SILAS GWILT

Service Number: 1883154
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

248 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI

Row B. Grave 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Ellen Gwilt, of Essington, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED - IF IT WERE DEATH, TO GIVE HIS LIFE THAT ALL HE LOVED MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 26
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