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Private WILLIAM SUMNER

Service Number: 3388461
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THORNTON-LE-FYLDE (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD

Plot F.L.3. Grave 66.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Suzannah Sumner, of Thornton, Blackpool.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

THORNTON-LE-FYLDE (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 21
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