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Lance Corporal WILLIAM COOK MAY

Service Number: 54523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

63rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 November 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BREBIERES BRITISH CEMETERY

C. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Nellie May, of 11, Newling St., Birkenhead.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE LOST HEAVEN HAS GAINED
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Buried or commemorated at

BREBIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 91
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