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Private W GORST

Service Number: 40585
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

III. C. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. R. L. Gorst, of "Greystone," Moreton Rd., Holyhead.
  • Personal Inscription GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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