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Second Lieutenant CECIL FRANCIS UMNEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

7th Bn. attd. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

VIII. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Francis and Beatrice Ethel Umney, of Eardley House, 81, Lawrie Park Rd., Sydenham, London.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF 2 LT .B.C.L.UMNEY ,4/R.FUS. KILLED IN DELVILLE WOOD JULY 23. 1916
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Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2280
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