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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHNSON OSBORNE

Service Number: 4156
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. G. 59.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Emma Osborne, of 63, Clee Rd., Cleethorp. S, Lincs.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVED ONE GONE FORGOTTEN NEVER GOD TOOK HIM TO HIS HOME IN HEAVEN
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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