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Corporal WILLIAM JAMES CHARLES

Service Number: 454970
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT

III. A. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Elizabeth Charles, of 236, High St., Ponders End, Middx., England.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS A LINK DEATH CANNOT SEVER A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LIVES FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 678
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