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Sapper WILLIAM EDWARD MEAKIN

Service Number: 250391
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

R.T. Sect.

Date of Death

Died 11 December 1917

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA GORGUE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. A. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Meakin, of Birmingham; husband of Lily Meakin, of 93, Winchester Rd., Eastleigh, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA GORGUE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 154
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