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Driver WILLIAM THOMAS O'BRIEN

Service Number: 85181
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A " Bty. 85th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

III. H. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. F. A. Pratt, of 8, Richmond St., Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea. Born at Southsea, Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY TO ME LIFE'S SWEETEST TREASURE FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1573
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