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Private WILLIAM SAWFORD

Service Number: G/13877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE

I. P. 43.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Minnie Sawford, of Gladstone St., Ringstead. Secretary of the Wesleyan Bible Class at Ringstead, Northants.
  • Personal Inscription HE ROSE FROM THE RANKS TO A HIGHER LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2001
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