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Private WILLIAM MARCHAM

Service Number: 72573
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROIX-ROUGE MILITARY CEMETERY, QUAEDYPRE

II. A. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Ellen Marcham, of The Lodge, The Lee, Great Missenden, Bucks; husband of Mary Marcham, of 88, Mortimer St., Trowbridge, Wilts.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE AND ASK US NOT TO GRIEVE. M.M.
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Buried or commemorated at

CROIX-ROUGE MILITARY CEMETERY, QUAEDYPRE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 90
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