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Second Lieutenant GEORGE SPEDDING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Edith Annie Spedding, of 2, Oakley Villas, Oxford Rd., Dewsbury,.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS A NOBLE SON
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Buried or commemorated at

FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 412
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