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Private W DEACON

Service Number: 38172
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE

Sp. Mem. C. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Elizabeth Deacon, of 8, Hope View, Carr Lane, Windhill, Shipley, Yorks, and the late Fred Deacon.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 197
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