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Pioneer HERBERT JOHN WILLIS

Service Number: 146357
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st Special Bde.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row E. Grave 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Emily Jane Willis, of Birmingham.
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 309
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