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Serjeant JOSEPH WILLIAM ECCLES

Service Number: 200806
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

P. II. M. 8B.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Florence Eccles, of 56, Walmgate, York.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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