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Sapper WILLIAM JOHN HARGREAVES

Service Number: 1876459
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 10 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WISBECH (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY

Western Div. 3. Sec. C. Grave 534.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Matilda Hargreaves, of Wisbech.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SUDDEN CALL SURPRISED US ALL THE PAIN OF PARTING WITHOUT FAREWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

WISBECH (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY
Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 50
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