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Lance Corporal WALTER OVENS

Service Number: 8785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. G. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James and Mary Ovens, of Moss Side, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR VERY DEAR AND ONLY SON BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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