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Private WILLIAM JAMES WARD

Service Number: 16289
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

F. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Ernest and Elizabeth Ward, of 98, Clarence St., Southall, Middx.
  • Personal Inscription HOW HARD IT IS TO PART WITH THOSE WE HOLD ON EARTH SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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