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Lance Corporal HERBERT WILLIAM GILSON

Service Number: G/1510
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

VI. D. 58.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emily Gilson.
  • Personal Inscription NOW AT REST WHERE WARS ARE UNKNOWN
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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