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Private WILLIAM HAROLD OVERTON

Service Number: 40584
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

A. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Overton, of 1 16, Rayleigh Rd., Wolverhampton, and the late John Overton.
  • Personal Inscription TOO GOOD IN LIFE TO BE FORGOTTEN IN DEATH ONE OF THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

ROEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 349
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