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Rifleman WILLIAM ARTHUR WILLIS

Service Number: 52111
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK

A. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Willis; husband of Ethel May Willis, of Swan Inn, Haverhill, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription FAR REMOVED FROM MORTAL SIGHT DWELLING IN ETERNAL LIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 227
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