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Private WILLIAM BUXTON

Service Number: 7/1748
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLNE VALLEY CEMETERY

D. 4 (Coll.)

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Mary Buxton, of 3, Seed St., Radcliffe, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HERE IS NOW THY HERO SLEEPING
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

COLNE VALLEY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 47
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