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Private WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 1625
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st/1st Bucks Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. C. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Emma Smith, of 24, Old End, Padbury, Bucks., and the late Thomas Smith.
  • Personal Inscription ON EARTH THERE'S STRIFE IN HEAVEN REST
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Buried or commemorated at

PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 165
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