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Private JOSEPH WILLIAM BREESE

Service Number: 8702
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. E. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Katherine Breese, of Park Lane, Aston, Birmingham.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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