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Private WILLIAM SPEARPOINT

Service Number: G/7806
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

VIII. H. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Hannah Ovenden Spearpoint, of 41, Thanet Gardens, Folkestone. Born at Folkestone.
  • Personal Inscription DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS SORROWING FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3561
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