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Private WILLIAM DAVID SMITH

Service Number: 241183
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gloucestershire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE

I. F. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emma E. Child (formerly Smith), of 36, Marlehill Parade, Cheltenham, and the late Joseph William Smith.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME
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Buried or commemorated at

UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 1008
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