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Private SAMUEL WHITLOW BRERETON

Service Number: 19338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 January 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WAGGON ROAD CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

A. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel W. and Emma Brereton, of Runcorn, Cheshire; husband of Francis Brereton, of 47, Duncan Rd., Longsight, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONOUR LIBERTY AND TRUTH HE SACRIFICED HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

WAGGON ROAD CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 195
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