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Lieutenant WILLIAM EDMUND CLARE WIGFALL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

3rd Bn. attd. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VII. B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. William Elliott Wigfall and Clara Wigfall, of Renishaw, Beverley.
  • Personal Inscription THOU GAVEST HIM A LONG LIFE EVEN FOR EVER AND EVER PSALM XXI. 4.
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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