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Private ERNEST SHORT

Service Number: 40300
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

III. M. 60.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Sarah Ann Short, of Sea Lane, Wainfleet St. Mary, Lincs.
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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