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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ROSTRON

Service Number: WR/27546
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

D.A.D. (Roads) H.Q. XVII Corps.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT

III. B. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Betsy Rostron, of Rishton, nr. Blackburn, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE WORE THE WHITE ROSE OF A BLAMELESS LIFE GOD TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN
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