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Private ERNEST WILLIAM OVERTON

Service Number: 40577
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES

II. D. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William G. and Anne Overton, of 87, East Bond St., Leicester.
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1644
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