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Sapper WILLIAM ALFRED MELBOURNE

Service Number: 31708
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

24th Div. Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. K. 1A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Ann Melbourne, of 8, Cliff Vale Place, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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