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Lieutenant DOUGLAS BOYD CARPENTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

89th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

IV. B. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Bishop of Ripon and Mrs. Boyd Carpenter, of Ripon, Yorks. Husband of Mrs. V. C. D. Boyd Carpenter (now Mrs. H. C. Pelly) of Venars, Nutfield, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE IS NOT FOR SELF BUT FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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