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Private WILLIAM ALFRED POVEY

Service Number: 223
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

G. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of William and Adelaide Povey, of "Grovebridge" 23, Gore Park Rd., Upperton, Eastbourne.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY BELOVED HE NOBLY FOUGHT AND DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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