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Rifleman WILLIAM TAPLEY

Service Number: R/17121
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY

III. B. 2.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 100th Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Eliza Tapley, of Yew Tree House, Wrenbury Frith, Nantwich.
  • Personal Inscription IN LIFE BELOVED IN DEATH REGRETTED
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Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 573
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