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Private WILLIAM ELDER ANDERSON

Service Number: 25572
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

"C" Coy. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. M. 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Euphemia Anderson, of Errol, Perthshire.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED AND TAKE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 528
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