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Rifleman SAMUEL ARTHUR BRANSCOMB

Service Number: 50194
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XIV. C. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 12th Bn. London Regiment (The Rangers)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Minnie Branscomb, of 24, Bordesley Green, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM HIS HOME ON LIFE'S ROUGH WAY GOD CALLED HIM THAT WE MIGHT STAY
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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