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Gunner WILLIAM SMITHERS

Service Number: 48930
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

73rd Bty. 3rd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 04 March 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

IV. E. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert William and Sarah Smithers, of Downview Rd., West Barnham, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR HONOR AND FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2515
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