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Deck Hand WILLIAM PERCY DISTIN

Service Number: Dev 22153(DA)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M.S. "Pembroke."

Date of Death

Died 01 November 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALCOMBE CEMETERY

6. 142.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Heath Distin, formerly of 15, Fore St., Salcombe, now of "Beadon," Salcombe.
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Buried or commemorated at

SALCOMBE CEMETERY
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 11
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