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Lance Corporal WILLIAM SMITHSON

Service Number: S/11048
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XII. B. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Smithson, of 115, Stockport Rd., Cheadle, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription O GOD TAKE NOT THY HOLY SPIRIT FROM HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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