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Private RICHARD WILLIAM SPANTON

Service Number: 26835
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

III. K. 50.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Herbert and Alice Spanton, of 16, Whitehall Rd., Little Thurrock, Grays, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVED ONE FROM OUR HOME HAS GONE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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