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Private WILLIAM HARKNETT

Service Number: 30634
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLCHESTER CEMETERY

N. 6. 14.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Harknett; husband of Ada Beatrice Harknett, of 29, New Park St., Colchester. Served in France with the Royal Field Artillery in 1914. Born at Bermondsey, London.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

COLCHESTER CEMETERY
Essex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 489
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