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Private WILLIAM PATTERSON BIESTERFIELD

Service Number: 2271
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

"A" Coy. 1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

V. C. 2A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. A. Biesterfield, of 6, Stannington Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the late Mr. A. O. Biesterfield.
  • Personal Inscription FORTITER DEFENDIT TRIUMPHANS
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