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Driver WILLIAM BUXTON

Service Number: 476817
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st/1st West Riding Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 29 January 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

XII. D. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William S. and Margaret A. Buxton, of 18, Washington Rd., Sheffield.

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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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