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Private WILLIAM COMPSTON

Service Number: 34472
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 09 April 1917 and 11 April 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

VII. G. 47.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Compston; husband of Mary Compston, of 8, Court, 6, House, Newsham St., Liverpool.
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Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2688
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