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Able Seaman WILLIAM AINSLIE

Service Number: Clyde Z/5094
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Nelson Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

VIII. D. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ainslie, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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