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Private WILLIAM EDWARD FATHERS

Service Number: 17681
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. E. 42.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Susan Jane Fathers, of Wellington St., Deptford, London.
  • Personal Inscription CALLED AWAY FROM THOSE WHO LOVED HIM TO HIS ETERNAL HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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