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Sapper WILLIAM COLBECK

Service Number: WR/271620
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

26th Railway Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XIII. AA. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Catherine Colbeck, of 3, Field Lane Batley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL O LORD, NOT OURS MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

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