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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM ORR HAMPTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Norfolk Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

IV. A. 2.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 70th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. William Henry and Elizabeth Hampton, of The Vicarage, Pondsbridge, Huntingdon.
  • Personal Inscription REST DIVINE, PERPETUAL LIGHT REMAIN TO HIM FOR EVER O LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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