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Private HENRY WILLIAM DEWHIRST

Service Number: 5319
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 March 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. B. 35.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Hannah Dewhirst, of 2, Walker Lane, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY DID HIS BEST MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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