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Sapper WILLIAM HENRY RUSSELL

Service Number: 198128
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

36th Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

IV. F. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Charlotte Russell, of 71, Stony Lane, Smethwick, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription LEAD KINDLY LIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

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