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Corporal W G ROPER

Service Number: 120538
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st Bn. Special Bde.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. M. Roper, of 21, Harsnett Rd., Colchester, Essex. Born in South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 240
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