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Private SAMUEL PILLING

Service Number: 281556
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE

II. C. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Isaac and Hannah Pilling, of 3, Albert St., Mount St., Salford, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE US SADLY MISSED BY HIS FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 577
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