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Rifleman WILLIAM EDWARD SMITH

Service Number: Y/1080
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. K. 12A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Smith, of Sparkbrook, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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