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Lance Corporal GEORGE WILLIAM BATCHELOR

Service Number: 12096
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred James and Maria Batchelor, of 34, Cannon Rd., Watford.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN CAN DIE FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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