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Private WILLIAM EDWARD CLEGG

Service Number: 51497
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXI. AA. 20.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Emma Clegg, of 1, Jackson Place, Morton St., Longsight, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED A NOBLE DEATH DEEPLY MOURNED BY MOTHER,BROTHERS & SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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