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Lance Corporal WILLIAM NELSON WARD

Service Number: 6443
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

II. D. 79.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Ruth Ward, of 14, Annie Street, Weaste, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

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