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Private WILLIAM WELLENS

Service Number: 8787
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1915

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES

Sp. Mem. B. 163.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Townend Wellens, of 26, Grey St., Middleton; husband of Annie Furber (formerly Wellens), of 28, Water St., Middleton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 2027
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