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Private WILLIAM JOHN HEXT

Service Number: 493269
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

13th Kensington Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 June 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

I. A. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary (Polly) Hext; husband of Maud Mary Hext, of 1, Carlton Terrace, Barnstaple, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR HIS HOME AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 169
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