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Lance Corporal WALTER SANDS

Service Number: R/12037
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. B. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Emily Sands, of New Basford, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY WILL EVER BE CHERISHED IN OUR HEARTS MOTHER AND FAMILY
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 337
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