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Lance Corporal G W RUSSELL

Service Number: 5449
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

IV. C. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Russell, of 40, Benjamin Rd., High Wycombe, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription FROM HOME BUT NOT FORGOTTEN RESTS OUR DEAR BRAVE BOY JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

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