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Private WILLIAM STANLEY RUSSELL

Service Number: 5568
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. H. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Ada Russell of Broughton, Manchester.
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3561
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