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Private WILLIAM BREAKWELL

Service Number: 1954
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

"X" Coy. 4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lily Breakwell, of 16, Hollings Yard, High St., Normanton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HIS GREAT SACRIFICE WAS HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HOME.AND LOVED ONES
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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