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Captain WILLIAM ALFRED HILL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRAND-SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

V. H. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 61st T.M. Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Thomas and Mary Martin Hill, of "Maycroft," Mount Pleasant, Crewkerne, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription OH MOTHER IT'S A GLORIOUS DEATH WE SHALL MEET AGAIN YES MY DARLING - TILL THEN
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Buried or commemorated at

GRAND-SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 1377
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