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Lance Corporal ALEXANDER CECIL ESPLIN

Service Number: B/203272
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Marchelepot Brit. Cem. Mem. 110.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Esplin, of High St., Tideswell, Buxton.
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 608
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