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Sapper WILLIAM EASTON

Service Number: 181751
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Railway Operating Div.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE

III. B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Easton, of "Coulmony," Husthwaite, Easingwold, Yorks. Booking clerk employed on the Midland Railway for 10 years. Served at Rouen and Ypres.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE'S WORK WELL DONE BRAVE HEART REST ON
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Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1569
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