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Private W E BRECKON

Service Number: 36969
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YORK CEMETERY, YORKSHIRE

Sec. A. Grave 12. 3299.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Jane Anna Breckon, of New Lane, Huntington, York. Born at Bishop Auckland.
  • Personal Inscription HE HONOURED THE CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

YORK CEMETERY, YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 237
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