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Private CHARLES WILLIAM HANDS

Service Number: 236373
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Herefordshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE

IA. D. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Richard and Emily Hands, of Little Dilwyn, Dilwyn, Leominster, Herefordshire. Native of Norton Canon, Weobley, Leominster.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 612
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