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Private WILLIAM BRAIDWOOD

Service Number: 65523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

VI. D. 37.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and May Ellen Braidwood, of Bullough Moor Farm, Heywood, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED TO SET US FREE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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