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Private WILLIAM CHARLES SANKEY

Service Number: 10696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1916

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

E. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. Sankey, of 12, Morn Hill Rd., Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription DID HIS DUTY NOBLY FOR KING AND COUNTRY MOURNED BY MUM & DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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