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Private WILLIAM HENRY ARTHUR CORNWELL

Service Number: 766781
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

1st/28th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. K. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James George and Elizabeth Cornwell, of 7, Clovelly Rd., Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED. SAFE HOME.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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