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Gunner WILLIAM HENRY RUSSELL

Service Number: 906
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"X" 39th Trench Mortar Bty.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

II. B. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Amy Russell, of 157, Sandhurst Rd., Catford, London.
  • Personal Inscription AGE WILL NOT WEARY HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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