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Lance Corporal D ESTILL

Service Number: 48
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

3rd Regt.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

VII. F. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

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Buried or commemorated at

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