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Rifleman HERBERT AKERS

Service Number: 63764
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHAMBRECY BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fredrick and Mary Akers, of 15, Lickley St., Ripon, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

CHAMBRECY BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne France
Number of casualties: 436
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