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Private WILLIAM BLANEY

Service Number: 3/26233
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

F. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Ann Blaney, of 20, Lower Vannor Road, Cefn-coed, Merthyr Tydfil.
  • Personal Inscription HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT
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Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 345
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