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Lance Corporal HERBERT BAMFORTH

Service Number: 26487
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row B. Grave 42.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (served as BANKS). Son of Frank and Mary Bamforth, of Marsden, nr. Huddersfield.
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Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 230
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