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Sapper WILLIAM GEORGE LONG

Service Number: 213
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1918

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLCHESTER CEMETERY

E. 11. 32.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mathew George and Emily Long, of Bournemouth; husband of Gertrude F. S. Long, of "Lulworth", 71 Princes Rd., Bournemouth, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAWN BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY LOVE LIVES ON
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Buried or commemorated at

COLCHESTER CEMETERY
Essex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 489
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