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Private WILLIAM BLANCHARD HANSON

Service Number: 205744
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

A. Coll. grave 10-20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lilian Hanson, of 6, Railway Crescent, Withernsea, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 118
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