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Private WILLIAM GORDON MELVILLE

Service Number: 10834
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KINGS NORTON (ST. NICOLAS) CHURCHYARD

North Extension. 2066.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Lucy Elizabeth Melville, of 4, Cedar Close, Cedar Rd., Bournville, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

KINGS NORTON (ST. NICOLAS) CHURCHYARD
Warwickshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 18
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