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Gunner WILLIAM HOWARD FRANCIS

Service Number: 859
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

113th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

IX. S. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Louisa Francis, of 68, Somerset Rd., Newport, Mon.
  • Personal Inscription HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH HEB. X1. 4.
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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