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Serjeant FRANCIS WILLIAM PARES

Service Number: 240689
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHAMBRECY BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. S. E. Pares, of Factory St., Shepshed, Loughborough. Native of Shepshed.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CHAMBRECY BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne France
Number of casualties: 436
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