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Lance Corporal BEN OSBERT WHITHAM

Service Number: R/6866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION

III. F. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Farrar and Susan Whitham, of 50, Featherstall Rd., Littleborough, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED IN LIFE HONOURED IN DEATH TREASURED IN MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 486
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