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Lance Corporal WILLIAM HENRY STARBUCK

Service Number: 20866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EARL SHILTON (SS. SIMON AND JUDE) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emma Chesterton (formerly Starbuck), of 16, Keats Lane, Earl Shilton, Leicester, and the late William Starbuck.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

EARL SHILTON (SS. SIMON AND JUDE) CHURCHYARD
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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