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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM LATHAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

L. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Sarah A. Lathan, of Norwich.
  • Personal Inscription ALAS! FOR HIM THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CLOSED AT THE OPENING PAGE
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Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord France
Number of casualties: 837
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