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Rifleman ALFRED CHAMPNISS

Service Number: 472773
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (The Rangers)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY

VII. E. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jane Champniss, of 137, Villiers Rd., Willesden Green, London. Also known as CHAPNESS.
  • Personal Inscription GOD SENT FROM ABOVE AND DREW HIM FROM THE ENEMY TO HIS BOSOM
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Buried or commemorated at

WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1296
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