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Lance Corporal W SMALES

Service Number: 16657
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE

Plot 4. Row A. Grave 1.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas and Margaret Smales, of 7, Dene Street, Shotton Colliery, near Sunderland, Co. Durham.
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Buried or commemorated at

GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE
Italy
Number of casualties: 417
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