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Gunner SAMUEL THOMAS BAMFORD

Service Number: RMA/1258(S)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Artillery

Howitzer Bde

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY

II. B. 23.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Annie Cotton (formerly Bamford) of the Post Office, Lavendon, Olney, Bucks, and the late James Bamford.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 470
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