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Lance Corporal FRANK THOMAS WRITER

Service Number: STK/290
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

III. H. 35.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Augustus Writer, of "Broadlands", St. John's Rd., Orpington, Kent. His brother William Cecil also fell.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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