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Private WILLIAM DEFTY

Service Number: 28/688
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

III. B. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry John and Margaret Defty of 31, Milton Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland. Native of Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

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