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Rifleman WILLIAM WALMSLEY

Service Number: R/2675
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XLVI. C. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Elizabeth Walmsley, of 261, Whalley Old Rd., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription HE THAT OVERCOMETH SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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