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Rifleman WILLIAM BOYES HAKESLEY

Service Number: 52425
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

II. O. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Hakesley, of Ivy Cottage, Willoughby, Rugby.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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