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Captain The Hon. WILLIAM AMHERST CECIL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1914

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUPIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Col. Lord William Cecil, C.V.O., and Baroness Amherst of Hackney; husband of Lady Amherst of Hackney, of The Red House, Windsor.
  • Personal Inscription COR UNUM VIA UNA (ONE HEART ONE WAY)
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUPIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 16
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