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Rifleman A E WADE

Service Number: C/703
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. D. 54.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter William and Mary Elizabeth Wade, of 34, Grantley St., Wakefield, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 768
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