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Private WILLIAM STRAUGHAN

Service Number: 72968
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry, Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. G. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Clarissa Elizabeth Straughan, of 6, Penarth Terrace, Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR KING & COUNTRY SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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