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Private WILLIAM BALKWILL

Service Number: 20353
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Connaught Rangers

Depot

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1919

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

INSTOW (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

In the north part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Ellen Balkwill; husband of Mabel Hannah Balkwill, of 1, Marsh Cottage, Instow. Born at Bideford, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription O CRUEL DEATH! THAT WOULD NO LONGER SPARE A LOVING HUSBAND AND A FATHER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

INSTOW (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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