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Private CECIL WILLIAM BLATCHER

Service Number: 401245
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

II. B. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin Thomas and Ellen Blatcher, of 30, Holmesdale Rd., Reigate, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 713
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