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Private W G C ROOT

Service Number: 42734
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONT-BERNANCHON BRITISH CEMETERY, GONNEHEM

I. H. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reuben and Julia Root, of 12, Curzon Cottages, Curzon St., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription FLING OPEN WIDE THE GOLDEN GATES AND LET THE VICTORS IN
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Buried or commemorated at

MONT-BERNANCHON BRITISH CEMETERY, GONNEHEM
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 170
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