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Gunner WILLIAM HOUSLEY

Service Number: 45790
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

22nd Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAESTRE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. Housley and the late John Housley. of Kearsley, nr. Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription MY BELOVED SON YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

CAESTRE MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 195
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