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Rifleman WILLIAM LEES PILKINGTON

Service Number: 44264
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 June 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

III. D. 74.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Pilkington, of Oldham, Lancs.; husband of Violet Ann Kaye (formerly Pilkington), of 6, Coleshill Buildings, Ebury St., London, S.W.1.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 4580
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