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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM LEIGH WARD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

4th Bn. attd. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 December 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3

XIII. L. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Burge Ward and Rosa Ward, of 2, Long Street, Williton, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1613
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