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Private WILLIAM H. SYRETT

Service Number: 56253
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1920

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STEWKLEY (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD

In North-East part.

United Kingdom

SYRETT W H ? CH - PORTLAND - Headstone previously reported as mobile but 24/10/2022 soil forced into gaps front and rear and tamped down on the surface. Slight movement again but repeat tamping around base to leave it firm again. Headstone remains [SOOP] but lean forward still just 1 degree. Minor chipping on [LHS and [RHS] edges, front and rear. Slight loss of definition of regiment name within the regimental badge. Inscription otherwise legible. Light clean to remove bird droppings (dark staining remains). Long grass immediately around headstone reduced in height with some weeding also done.

Photographer: Mike Chapman

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly (R4/062846) Royal Army Service Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Sarah Syrett; husband of Polly Adams (formerly Syrett), of Church Square, Stewkley, Bucks.

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Buried or commemorated at

STEWKLEY (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD
Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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