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Private WILLIAM MAY

Service Number: 1954
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRANEZZA BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row F. Grave 1.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Jemima May, of 19, Harwood St., Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM HOME HIS SOUL DOTH REST HIS SWEETNESS LIVES FOR EVER BLEST
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Buried or commemorated at

GRANEZZA BRITISH CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 142
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