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Rifleman ALFRED ERNEST CAKEBREAD

Service Number: 57650
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 January 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

III. O. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Rose Cakebread, of 177, Bawtry Rd., Bramley, Rotherham, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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