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Sapper LILFORD COLBRIDGE

Service Number: 107138
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

231st Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

IX. B. 76.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Colbridge, of Goole, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription SHORT AND SUDDEN WAS THE CALL OF ONE SO DEARLY LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

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