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Private WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 40737
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

IV. B. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Edmondson (formerly Smith), of 8, Calder St, Colne, Lancs. Native of Barnoldswick, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE

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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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