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Private W COOMBES

Service Number: G/18074
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1916

Age 16 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

III. D. 60.

France

CH

Photographer: Ron Baker

CH

Photographer: Ron Baker

Photos of local cemeteries and churchyards not previously represented in image library taken spring 2020: GREAT HAMPDEN (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD , Buckinghamshire

Photographer: Ian Small

Day N L W, PM

Photographer: Anthony Marlow

PM, Portland cross badly leaning and inscription on base very difficult to read. 10-5-2024.

Photographer: Anthony Marlow

Great Linford (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire, UK (CEM 4907): photos taken by Ian Small, 16 June 2019 - grave of Private F. H. Lake

Photographer: Ian Small

Great Linford (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire, UK: photos taken by Ian Small, 16 June 2019 - Private P.R.A. Turner's headstone

Photographer: Ian Small

Great Marlow (All Saints) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Great Marlow (All Saints) Churchyard

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Headstone

Photographer: Hilary Munday

COMMISSION HEADSTONE

Photographer: Hilary Munday

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Hannah Coombes, of 65, Plynlimnon Rd., West Hill, Hastings.
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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