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Private WILLIAM APPLETON

Service Number: 41185
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

II. D. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Fanny Elizabeth Appleton, of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER
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Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4749
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