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Gunner WILLIAM CORNES

Service Number: 79175
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"Z" 6th T.M. Bty.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

XI. E. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cornes, of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2132
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