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Private WILLIAM ALBERT TONGUE

Service Number: 236642
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Herefordshire Regiment

1st/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY

E. 26.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Alice Syndonia Tongue, of Little Wickton, Stoke Prior, Leominster, Herefordshire.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 1239
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