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Lieutenant WILLIAM WARREN DEACON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 28.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Deacon, of Dibrugarh, Upper Assam, India.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 742
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