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Private WILLIAM SCHOLES

Service Number: 82032
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"D" Coy. 20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY

III. D. 25.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and E. A. Scholes, of 55, West High St., Salford, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST HIM HEAVEN HAS GAINED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 636
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