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Private WILLIAM FRENCH

Service Number: 242998
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY

VI. C. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ruth French, of Shilton, Coventry; husband of Gertrude P. E. James (formerly French), of Lapstone; Chipping Campden, Glos.
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Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3615
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