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Private WILLIAM SPRINGFIELD PLAYLE

Service Number: 69640
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT

V. D. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Springfield Playle and Minnie Kate Playle, of 14, Woodholm Rd., Ecclesall, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE PLAYED UP AND PLAYED THE GAME.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 222
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