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Private WILLIAM FERN

Service Number: 32848
Regiment & Unit/Ship

13th Hussars

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XI. F. 4.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Emily Ann Fern, of The Effinch, Barton-under-Needwood, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription HIS FRESH YOUNG LIFE COULD NOT BE SAVED HE SLUMBERS NOW IN A SOLDIER'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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