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Serjeant WILLIAM ALBERT AKERS

Service Number: 20259
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1918

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KUT WAR CEMETERY

H. 21.

Iraq

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Supply and Transport Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Esther Akers, of Pendleton, Manchester; husband of Catherine Akers, of 125, Thelwell Lane, Latchford, Warrington.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

KUT WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 421
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