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Air Mechanic 1St Class WILLIAM ALFRED SAMWAYS

Service Number: 14262
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

49th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 November 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. A. 47.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Edward and Flora Ann Green Samways, of 54, Thurloxton, Taunton.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBERING YOU WE WILL BE BRAVE AND STRONG
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 502
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