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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HENRY HIRST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARPONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

G. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Hirst, of Rotherham, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAWN BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

HARPONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 138
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