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Lance Corporal WILLIAM WILSON

Service Number: 78047
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Tank Corps

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

III. F. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Jane Wilson, of 16, Oak St., Hollinwood, Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES THAT NEVER FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 608
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