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Lance Corporal WILLIAM DOUGLAS RIPLEY

Service Number: 65304
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL

III. F. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Chas. Henry and Emily Ripley, of 57, Oak St., Southport, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY STRIVING NOBLY FELL
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Buried or commemorated at

SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 394
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