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Lance Serjeant WILLIAM WHITEHEAD

Service Number: 26324
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

"C" Coy. 16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

X. G. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Whitehead, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire; husband of Sarah Louisa Whitehead, of 87, Manchester St., Derby.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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