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Lance Corporal WILLIAM GERALD RAKESTROW

Service Number: 9020
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA MEMORIAL

Panel 26 and 63.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane Rakestrow, of 1, John's Villas, Sevill Place, Heavitree, Exeter.
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