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Private WILLIAM JOHN WHY

Service Number: 12559
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CANADIAN CEMETERY NO.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

8. H. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Why, of Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

CANADIAN CEMETERY NO.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2966
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