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Lance Corporal WILLIAM VASEY

Service Number: 1408
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

II. E. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Susannah Vasey, of 31, Goxhill Place, Chapeltown Rd., Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1305
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