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Lance Corporal JOHN WHITE WILLIAMS

Service Number: 240428
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

II. H. 28.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Simon and Jane Williams, of Helston, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription BRAVELY HE FOUGHT BRAVELY HE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 974
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