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Private GEORGE JAMES WILLSHAW

Service Number: 8414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 January 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. M. 42.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

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