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Private WILLIAM FRANCIS

Service Number: 31749
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 January 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. F. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Catherine Francis; husband of Maggie Francis, of 9, Front Row, Onllwyn, Neath. Born at Clydach-on-Tawe, Swansea.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY GOD GRANT TO HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 430
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