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Private WILLIAM ERNEST WELCH

Service Number: 41227
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. H. 10A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (18490) 31st Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Esther Elizabeth Welch, of 17, Havelock St., West Hartlepool, and the late Thomas Welch.
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Buried or commemorated at

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