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Acting Bombardier WILLIAM KNIGHTON WELSH

Service Number: 885136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

270th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 18 December 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY

241.

Lebanese Republic

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Kate Rushbrooke (formerly Welsh), of 91, Felixstowe Rd., Ipswich, and the late William Knighton Welsh. Born at Colchester.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE ME NOW THY DEAR ONE SLEEPING

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Buried or commemorated at

BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY
Lebanese Republic
Number of casualties: 1214
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