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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HENRY OWSTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

K. 43.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Phillips Owston and Katharine Owston, of Lincoln.
  • Personal Inscription SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 443
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