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Private R DESMOND

Service Number: G/52877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

Date of Death

Died Between 21 March 1918 and 26 March 1918

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY

V. H. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 19th Bn. London Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Mr. S. Desmond, of 72, Wolseley Buildings, Dockhead, Bermondsey, London. Native of Bermondsey.
  • Personal Inscription TO ONE WE MISS BUT HE IS AT REST KILLED FIGHTING FOR BRITAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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