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Private WILLIAM HENRY PEARSON

Service Number: 25114
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

VIII. H. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Pearson, of 43, Louisa St., Higher Openshaw, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription NOBLY HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ONE AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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