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Sapper ERNEST WILLIAM SHORT

Service Number: 494431
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

477th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 7. Row D. Grave 11.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Mercy Short.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING HUSBAND A FATHER SO KIND A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Italy
Number of casualties: 439
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