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Private R W P BUCKINGHAM

Service Number: 548035
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

C. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Alfred and Alice Elizabeth Buckingham, of London.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS BETTER TO DIE FOR OTHERS, DEAR LAD THAN TO LIVE FOR ONESELF ALONE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 93
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