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Private WILLIAM RICHARD SHARPLES

Service Number: 49246
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

II. H. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Fanny Sharples, of Caton, Lancaster; husband of Hannah Whittaker (formerly Sharples), of 74, Houghley Grove, Armley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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