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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HOYES GRANT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. F. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Jas. Wm. and Julia Hoyes McMillan, of Bridgeville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription THINE EYES SHALL SEE THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 528
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