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Private G W WILSON

Service Number: 26269
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE

V. G. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fanny M. Wilson, of 32, Saville St., Hyson Green, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription GOD KNEW BEST DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 772
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