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Private WILLIAM EDWARD CHARLES BEAN

Service Number: 75976
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

2nd/2nd bn

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

VII. B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 2nd/2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bean, of 126, Union Rd., Dover.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL MEET AGAIN FROM ALL AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 803
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