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Private WILLIAM JAMES REES

Service Number: 8414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

"B" Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME

VI. C. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. John Rees, of 24, Birch Grove, Tirphil, Glam.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER, FATHER SISTER AND LOD.
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Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 783
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