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Sapper WILLIAM ERNEST GREETHAM

Service Number: 72563
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 15 December 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOLARUM CAVALRY BARRACKS CEMETERY

Plot D2. Grave 24.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Bronze Medal for Valour (Italy). Son of George and Susan Greetham, of 5, Strawberry Dale, Harrogate, N. Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

BOLARUM CAVALRY BARRACKS CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 23
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