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Lieutenant WILLIAM WALTER VERNON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

90th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY

I. B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Hon. Mrs. William Vernon, of Villa Marguerite, Territet, Switzerland, and the late the Hon. William Vernon.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS BUT ONE THING WORTH WHILE KEEP CLOSE TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 289
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