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Gunner WILLIAM GATHERCOLE

Service Number: 18976
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 78th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

II. C. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Robert and Alice Gathercole, of Gothic Cottage, Churchdown, Gloucester.
  • Personal Inscription EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS FONDLY REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE & DAUGHTER.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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