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Private WILLIAM GLEDSON

Service Number: 42712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Douglas and Isabella Gledson, of 73, Delaval Gardens, New Delaval, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription LEAD KINDLY LIGHT AMID THE ENCIRCLING GLOOM LEAD THOU ME ON
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Buried or commemorated at

HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 817
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