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Lance Corporal WILLIAM AXON

Service Number: 49020
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY

II. D. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Axon, of 25, Fox St., Stockport.
  • Personal Inscription A GOOD LIFE IS OFTEN TOO SHORT BUT A GOOD NAME ENDURETH FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 856
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