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Leading Seaman WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: Shetland/1052L
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

S.S. River Thames.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE

VI. D. 8A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gilbert and Jane Smith, of Westing, Uyeasound, Shetland.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1569
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