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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM JOHN REED

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 24.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Louisa Jane Reed, of Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Also served on Gallipoli and in Egypt. Assistant Master, L.C.C. School, Mina Rd., London.
  • Personal Inscription BECAUSE I LIVE YE SHALL LIVE ALSO
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Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 255
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