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Private WILLIAM LESLIE JACOBS

Service Number: 2861
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jacobs, of New Malden, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE DARKNESS I ALWAYS REMEMBER IN THE LIGHT I CAN NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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