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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM WALTER COMPTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. R. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Spencer Compton and Edith Compton, of 29, Oriental Place, Brighton. Native of Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE DEARLY LOVED AND SO SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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