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Private WILLIAM EDWARD FLAIN

Service Number: 50417
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 January 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. J. 37.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of Camberwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription WE PRAYED NIGHTLY AND DAILY TOO GOD KNOWS BEST HE NEEDED YOU.
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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