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Sapper WILLIAM BAXENDALE

Service Number: 197797
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

255th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVIII. F. 8A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Betsy Baxendale, of Bradford Rd., Birkenshaw, Bradford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription UNSELFISH HE LIVED BRAVELY HE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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