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Private WILLIAM AINSLEY

Service Number: 21/261
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

I. F. 33.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ann Ainsley, of 48, Julian St., South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription ABSENT FROM THE BODY AT HOME WITH THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2688
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