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Lance Corporal HERBERT PETTY

Service Number: 2285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 September 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

VIII. D. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sam and Margaret Petty, of 9, New St., Denholme, Bradford, Yorks. Native of Worsborough Bridge, Barnsley.
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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