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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HEDLEY MORANT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

V. F. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Morant, of Potter's Bar, Herts; husband of Gwendoline E. M. Morant, of 6, West Terrace, Coniscliffe Rd., Darlington.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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