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Private WILLIAM ROBERT EMERY

Service Number: 9009
Regiment & Unit/Ship

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY

III. B. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. L. Emery, of 21, Rolls St., Canton, Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST HEAVEN HAS GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD CONTAINED
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 206
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