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Private WILLIAM HARPER SHORT

Service Number: 18/79
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT

I. B. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ann Short, of 23, Mearns St., Aberdeen.
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Buried or commemorated at

HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 322
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