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Private WILLIAM BOTTOMLEY

Service Number: 6/1878
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

"D" Coy. 1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

VI. W. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bottomley, of 4, Thorn St., Keighley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription LOVE IS ETERNAL AND LIVES FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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