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Private WILLIAM MAY

Service Number: 12718
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XX. K. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Jane May, of 2, Stoney Springs, Brearley, Luddendenfoot, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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