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Private W H DEACON

Service Number: 24370
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XIV. I. 1.

France

Site visit 20th November 2024

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Deacon, of 19, Rutland Avenue, Aylestone Rd., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND

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Buried or commemorated at

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