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Private WILLIAM FIELDS

Service Number: 24589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

V. E. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Fields; husband of Mrs. W. Fields, of 34, Burnley Lane, Huncoat, Accrington, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE FROM HIS WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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