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Lance Corporal ERNEST RUSSELL

Service Number: 242987
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

C. 25A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of Eliza Russeil, of 11, Newby Street, West Bowling, Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 362
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