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Private R ORSMAN

Service Number: 18773
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. F. and Lucy E. Orsman, of Bowerdon Cottage, Buckfastleigh, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HIS HEART WAS GOOD HIS SPIRIT BRAVE HIS RESTING PLACE AN HERO'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 163
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